Acts 5:34

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then one in the council stood up, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, respected among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles outside for a little while,

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  • Acts 22:3 : 3 I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of our fathers, and was zealous toward God, as you all are today.
  • Luke 2:46 : 46 And it happened, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.
  • Luke 5:17 : 17 And it happened on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
  • John 7:50-53 : 50 Nicodemus (he who came to Jesus by night, being one of them) said to them, 51 Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing? 52 They answered and said to him, Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for no prophet has arisen out of Galilee. 53 And everyone went to his own house.
  • Acts 4:15 : 15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
  • Acts 23:7-9 : 7 And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees acknowledge both. 9 And there arose a great outcry, and the scribes who were of the Pharisees' group arose and contended, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; with the remainder of wrath You will restrain.

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  • 35And said to them, Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what you intend to do as touching these men.

  • 33When they heard that, they were furious and took counsel to kill them.

  • Acts 4:14-19
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    14And seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

    15But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

    16Saying, What shall we do to these men? For indeed a notable miracle has been done by them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

    17But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name.

    18And they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

    19But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.

  • Acts 5:25-29
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    25Then one came and told them, saying, Look, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.

    26Then the captain went with the officers and brought them without violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

    27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council, and the high priest asked them,

    28Saying, Did we not strictly command you that you should not teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

    29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

  • Acts 6:12-13
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    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

    13They set up false witnesses who said, This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law.

  • 21And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest came, and those with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

  • Acts 15:5-6
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    5But there arose certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

    6And the apostles and elders came together to consider this matter.

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    5And it came to pass on the next day that their rulers, elders, and scribes,

    6Along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

    7And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power or by what name have you done this?

    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,

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    20Or else let those who are here say, if they found any wrongdoing in me, while I stood before the council,

    21Except it be for this one statement, that I cried standing among them, Regarding the resurrection of the dead I am questioned by you this day.

  • Acts 22:1-3
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    1Men, brothers, and fathers, listen to my defense which I now present to you.

    2And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they became even more silent. And he said,

    3I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of our fathers, and was zealous toward God, as you all are today.

  • 17Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with indignation,

  • 15All who sat in the council, looking intently at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.

  • 38And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work is of men, it will come to nothing.

  • 9And there arose a great outcry, and the scribes who were of the Pharisees' group arose and contended, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

  • 40And they agreed with him: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

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

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    4But the multitude of the city was divided: some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

    5And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers to mistreat and stone them,

  • 14But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them, 'Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words:

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    6But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being questioned.

    7And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

  • 5This proposal pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.

  • 15And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (the number of names together was about one hundred and twenty), and said,

  • 12And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews who dwelt there,

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    34But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.

    35Then one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him, and saying,

  • 4And those who stood by said, Do you revile God's high priest?

  • 12And by the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.

  • 22And they listened to him until this word, and then lifted up their voices and said, Away with such a person from the earth, for it is not fit for him to live.

  • 14And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.

  • 21So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people, since all glorified God for what had been done.

  • 12Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

  • 17And it happened on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.