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Acts 4:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening. "

Acts 4:3

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1 As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,

2 being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

3 They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.

4 But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

5 In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

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Acts 4:1

"As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,"

Acts 4:2

"being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead."

Acts 4:4

"But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand."

Acts 4:5

"In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem."

Acts 4:6

"Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest."

Acts 4:7

"When they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”"

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