Acts 4:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And while they were talking to the people, the priests and the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came up to them,

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  • Luke 22:4 : 4 And he went away and had a discussion with the chief priests and the rulers, about how he might give him up to them.
  • Acts 6:12 : 12 And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,
  • Acts 5:24 : 24 Now, at these words, the captain of the Temple and the chief priests were greatly troubled about what might be the end of this business.
  • Acts 5:26 : 26 Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.
  • Acts 6:7 : 7 And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.
  • Acts 23:6-9 : 6 But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead. 7 And when he had said this, there was an argument between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and a division in the meeting. 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these. 9 And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?
  • John 15:20 : 20 Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.
  • John 18:3 : 3 So Judas, getting a band of armed men and police from the chief priests and Pharisees, went there with lights and with arms.
  • Acts 4:6 : 6 And Annas, the high priest, was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all the relations of the high priest.
  • 2 Chr 23:4-9 : 4 This is what you are to do: let a third of you, of the priests and Levites, who come in on the Sabbath, keep the doors; 5 And a third are to be stationed at the king's house; and a third at the doorway of the horses: while all the people are waiting in the open spaces round the house of the Lord. 6 But let no one come into the house of the Lord but only the priests and those of the Levites who have work to do there; they may go in for they are holy; but the rest of the people are to keep the orders of the Lord. 7 And the Levites are to make a circle round the king, every man being armed; and any man who comes into the house is to be put to death; you are to keep with the king when he comes in and when he goes out. 8 So the Levites and all Judah did as Jehoiada the priest had given them orders: every one took with him his men, those who were to come in and those who were to go out on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada had not sent away the divisions. 9 Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and body-covers which had been King David's and which were kept in the house of God.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?
  • Matt 16:12 : 12 Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.
  • Matt 22:23-24 : 23 On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying, 24 Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas. 4 And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.
  • Matt 27:1-2 : 1 Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death. 2 And they put cords on him and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate, the ruler.
  • Matt 27:20 : 20 Now the chief priests and those in authority got the people to make request for Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.
  • Matt 27:41 : 41 In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,

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    2 Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.

    3 And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening.

    4 But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.

    5 And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem;

    6 And Annas, the high priest, was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all the relations of the high priest.

    7 Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?

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    17 But the high priest and those who were with him (the Sadducees) were full of envy,

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    12 And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

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    24 Now, at these words, the captain of the Temple and the chief priests were greatly troubled about what might be the end of this business.

    25 And someone came and said to them, The men, whom you put in prison, are in the Temple teaching the people.

    26 Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.

    27 And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,

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    21 And hearing this, they went into the Temple at dawn, and were teaching. But the high priest and those who were with him got together the Sanhedrin and the representatives of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to get them.

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    27 And they came again to Jerusalem: and while he was walking in the Temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority:

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    23 On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,

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    7 And when he had said this, there was an argument between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and a division in the meeting.

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    14 And, seeing that the man who had been made well was there with them, they were not able to say anything against it.

    15 But when they had given them orders to go out of the Sanhedrin, they had a discussion among themselves,

    16 Saying, What are we to do with these men? for certainly it is clear to all who are living in Jerusalem that a most important sign has been done by them, and it is not possible to say that it is not so.

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