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Acts 4:1

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.

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BSB
While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
KJV
And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
WEB
As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,
ASV
And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
DARBY
And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
BLB
And of them speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
ÅB
Men mens de talte til folket, kom prestene og høvedsmannen for tempelvakten og sadduseerne over dem;
OTB
Mens de talte til folket, kom prestene, høvedsmannen for tempelvakten og saddukeerne bort til dem,
B1930
Men mens de talte til folket, kom prestene og høvedsmannen for tempelvakten og sadduseerne over dem;

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  • Luke 22:4

    And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.

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  • Acts 6:12

    And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

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  • Acts 23:6–9

    But when Paul perceived that the 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: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

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  • Acts 5:26

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

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  • Acts 5:24

    Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

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  • Matthew 3:7

    But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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  • 2 Chronicles 23:4–9

    This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;

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  • Matthew 22:23–24

    The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,

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