Acts 4:8

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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, 'Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,'

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  • Acts 2:4 : 4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages as the Spirit enabled them to speak.
  • Acts 4:5 : 5 The next day, the rulers, the elders, and the scribes gathered together in Jerusalem.
  • Acts 4:31 : 31 After they prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.
  • Acts 7:55 : 55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
  • Matt 10:19-20 : 19 When they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you should say, for what you are to say will be given to you at that time. 20 For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
  • Luke 12:11-12 : 11 When they bring you before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say. 12 For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what you ought to say.
  • Luke 21:14-15 : 14 Therefore, make up your minds not to prepare your defense beforehand. 15 For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
  • Luke 23:13 : 13 Pilate then called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 4:5-7
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    5The next day, the rulers, the elders, and the scribes gathered together in Jerusalem.

    6Also present were Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others from the high-priestly family.

    7They brought them before them and asked, 'By what power or in whose name have you done this?'

  • Acts 4:9-10
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    9'If we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a sick man—how this man was healed—'

    10'let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that it is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.'

  • Acts 2:14
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    14Then Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: 'Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.'

  • Acts 4:18-21
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    18So they called them and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

    19But Peter and John replied, 'Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge.'

    20'For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.'

    21After further threats, they let them go, finding no way to punish them because of the people, since they were all glorifying God for what had happened.

  • Acts 3:10-12
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    10They recognized him as the man who used to sit begging at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

    11While the healed man clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them on Solomon’s Colonnade, utterly amazed.

    12When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: "Fellow Israelites, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?

  • Acts 10:44-47
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    44While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came down on all who were listening to the message.

    45The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,

    46for they were hearing them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter responded:

    47“Can anyone withhold water and prevent these people from being baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

  • Acts 2:4
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    4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages as the Spirit enabled them to speak.

  • Acts 2:36-38
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    36Therefore, let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.

    37When they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, 'Brothers, what shall we do?'

    38Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 5:27-29
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    27Having brought the apostles, they made them appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest.

    28We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, didn’t we? Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

    29But Peter and the apostles replied, 'We must obey God rather than men.'

  • Acts 11:4
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    4But Peter began to explain it to them step by step, saying:

  • Acts 4:13-16
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    13When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated, ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.

    14And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in opposition.

    15After ordering them to leave the council, they conferred among themselves.

    16They said, 'What are we to do with these men? For it is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a notable sign has been performed through them, and we cannot deny it.'

  • Acts 4:1
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    1While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them.

  • Acts 4:31
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    31After they prayed, the place where they were gathered was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.

  • Acts 4:24-25
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    24When they heard this, they raised their voices together to God and said, 'Sovereign Lord, you are the one who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.'

    25'You spoke through the mouth of your servant David, saying: Why did the nations rage, and the peoples plot in vain?'

  • Acts 8:17
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    17Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 1:15
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    15In those days Peter stood up among the disciples (a group numbering about one hundred and twenty), and said,

  • Acts 6:12
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    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. They came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

  • Acts 8:14-15
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    14When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

    15When they arrived, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit,

  • Acts 15:7-8
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    7After much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days God chose me among you so that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

    8And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us.

  • Acts 4:27
    73%

    27'Indeed, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.'

  • Acts 2:33
    72%

    33Exalted to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.

  • Acts 2:22
    71%

    22Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did through Him among you, as you yourselves know—

  • Acts 1:8
    71%

    8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

  • Acts 10:34
    71%

    34Then Peter began to speak: 'Now I truly understand that God does not show favoritism,

  • Acts 8:19-20
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    19He said, 'Give me this authority too, so that everyone I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.'

    20But Peter said to him, 'May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!'

  • Acts 9:32
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    32Now it happened that as Peter was traveling through all those regions, he went down to visit the saints who lived in Lydda.

  • Acts 5:35
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    35Then he said to them, 'Men of Israel, take care what you are about to do with these men.'

  • Acts 5:21
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    21At daybreak, they entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.