Acts 4:1

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Luke 22:4 : 4 He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them.
  • Acts 6:12 : 12 They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,
  • Acts 5:24 : 24 Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.
  • Acts 5:26 : 26 Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.
  • Acts 6:7 : 7 The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
  • Acts 23:6-9 : 6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!" 7 When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these. 9 A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and contended, saying, "We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let's not fight against God!"
  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his lord.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
  • John 18:3 : 3 Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
  • Acts 4:6 : 6 Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.
  • 2 Chr 23:4-9 : 4 This is the thing that you shall do. A third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds. 5 A third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation. All the people shall be in the courts of Yahweh's house. 6 But let no one come into the house of Yahweh, except the priests, and those who minister of the Levites. They shall come in, for they are holy, but all the people shall follow Yahweh's instructions. 7 The Levites shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand. Whoever comes into the house, let him be slain. Be with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out." 8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath; with those who were to go out on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest didn't dismiss the shift. 9 Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
  • Matt 16:12 : 12 Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone.
  • Matt 22:23-24 : 23 On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him, 24 saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.'
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas. 4 They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.
  • Matt 27:1-2 : 1 Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 2 and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
  • Matt 27:20 : 20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
  • Matt 27:41 : 41 Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said,

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

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

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

    5It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

    6Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.

    7When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"

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

  • Acts 5:17-18
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    17But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,

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    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,

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    24Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

    25One came and told them, "Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people."

    26Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

    27When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

    28saying, "Didn't we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood on us."

  • Acts 5:21-22
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    21When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were 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.

    22But the officers who came didn't find them in the prison. They returned and reported,

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    1It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, that the priests and scribes came to him with the elders.

  • Mark 11:27
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    27They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him,

  • Luke 22:66
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    66As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

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    23On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,

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    7When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

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    23Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

  • Acts 4:14-16
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    14Seeing 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? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can't deny it.

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    53They led Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes came together with him.

  • Luke 22:52
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    52Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

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

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

    19But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,

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    18There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,

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    27Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.

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    3Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

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    4But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

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    4Those who stood by said, "Do you malign God's high priest?"

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    33But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and determined to kill them.

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    1The high priest said, "Are these things so?"

  • Luke 22:2
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    2The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

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    57Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

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    4When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.

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    1The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

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    35He said to them, "You men of Israel, be careful concerning these men, what you are about to do.

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    47While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priest and elders of the people.

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    11Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.

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    1Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

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  • Acts 17:8
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    8The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.

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    2Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them.

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    47He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.