Acts 4:6
4 But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
5 The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
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?”
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
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
- along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.
- KJV
- And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
- WEB
- Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.
- ASV
- and Annas the high priest [was there], and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest.
- DARBY
- and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of [the] high priestly family;
- BLB
- and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of high-priestly descent.
- ÅB
- og med dem ypperstepresten Annas og Kaifas og Johannes og Aleksander og så mange som var av yppersteprestelig slekt,
- OTB
- Annas, ypperstepresten, var til stede, sammen med Kaifas, Johannes, Aleksander og andre av yppersteprestelig slekt.
- B1930
- og med dem ypperstepresten Annas og Kaifas og Johannes og Aleksander og så mange som var av yppersteprestelig ætt,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 3:2
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
Read in contextMatthew 26:3
At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
Read in contextJohn 18:24
Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.
Read in contextJohn 18:13–14
They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.
Read in contextJohn 11:49
But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
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