Acts 4:5

3 They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.

4 But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,

6 along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.

7 They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
WEB
In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.
ASV
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;
DARBY
And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,
BLB
And it came to pass on the next day [that] their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem,
ÅB
Dagen etter skjedde det da at deres rådsherrer og eldste og skriftlærde samlet seg i Jerusalem,
OTB
Dagen etter samlet lederne, de eldste og de skriftlærde seg i Jerusalem.
B1930
Dagen efter skjedde det da at deres rådsherrer og eldste og skriftlærde samlet sig i Jerusalem,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 4:8

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

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  • Luke 22:66

    At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,

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  • Isaiah 1:10

    Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

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  • Luke 23:13

    Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,

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  • Acts 6:12

    So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,

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  • Acts 5:20–21

    “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”

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  • Luke 24:20

    Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.

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  • Micah 2:1

    Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

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