Acts 4:2

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Acts 17:18 : 18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
  • 1 Thess 4:13-14 : 13 But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
  • Neh 2:10 : 10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
  • John 11:47-48 : 47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? For this man does many signs. 48 If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."
  • Acts 3:15 : 15 and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
  • Acts 5:17 : 17 But 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,
  • Acts 10:40-43 : 40 God raised him up the third day, and gave him to be revealed, 41 not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen before by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead. 43 All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins."
  • Acts 13:45 : 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.
  • Acts 17:31-32 : 31 because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead." 32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, "We want to hear you again concerning this."
  • Acts 19:23 : 23 About that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.
  • Acts 24:14-15 : 14 But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets; 15 having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
  • Acts 24:21 : 21 unless it is for this one thing that I cried standing among them, 'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged before you today!'"
  • Acts 26:8 : 8 Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?
  • Acts 26:23 : 23 how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles."
  • Rom 8:11 : 11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
  • 1 Cor 15:12-20 : 12 Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised. 14 If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain. 15 Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead aren't raised, neither has Christ been raised. 17 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins. 18 Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable. 20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.
  • 1 Cor 15:23 : 23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ's, at his coming.
  • 2 Cor 4:13-14 : 13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke." We also believe, and therefore also we speak; 14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.

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  • Acts 4:1
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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,

  • Acts 4:3
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    3 They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.

  • Acts 5:17
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    17 But 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,

  • Acts 5:21-22
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    21 When 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.

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

  • Acts 6:12
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    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 5:24-28
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    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.

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

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

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

    28 saying, "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 17:8
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    8 The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.

  • Acts 4:14-18
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    14 Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

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

    16 saying, "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.

    17 But so that this spreads no further among the people, let's threaten them, that from now on they don't speak to anyone in this name."

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

  • Acts 4:5
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    5 It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

  • Acts 17:18-19
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    18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

    19 They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?

  • Acts 16:20-22
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    20 When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,

    21 and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans."

    22 The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

  • Acts 13:30
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    30 But God raised him from the dead,

  • Acts 5:42
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    42 Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.

  • Acts 23:7-8
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    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.

  • Acts 4:23
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    23 Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

  • Acts 17:32
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    32 Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, "We want to hear you again concerning this."

  • Acts 4:7-8
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    7 When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"

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

  • Luke 20:1
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    1 It 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.

  • Acts 17:3
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    3 explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."

  • Acts 5:33
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    33 But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and determined to kill them.

  • Acts 4:33
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    33 With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.

  • Acts 24:21
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    21 unless it is for this one thing that I cried standing among them, 'Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged before you today!'"

  • Matt 22:23
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    23 On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,

  • Mark 12:18
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    18 There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,

  • Acts 4:21
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    21 When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

  • Luke 24:5
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    5 Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?

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

  • Acts 2:37
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    37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"

  • Acts 3:15
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    15 and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.

  • Luke 20:27
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    27 Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.

  • Mark 16:6
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    6 He said to them, "Don't be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!

  • Mark 9:10
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    10 They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.

  • Luke 23:5
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    5 But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place."

  • Matt 28:8
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    8 They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word.

  • Matt 17:23
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    23 and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up." They were exceedingly sorry.

  • Luke 24:19
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    19 He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;