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Acts 5:27

25 Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

26 At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.

They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.

28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

29 But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

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BSB
They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.
KJV
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
WEB
When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,
ASV
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,
DARBY
And they bring them and set them in the council. And the high priest asked them,
BLB
And having brought them, they set [them] in the Council. And the high priest questioned them,
ÅB
Og da de hadde hentet dem, stilte de dem for rådet, og ypperstepresten spurte dem og sa:
OTB
Apostlene ble brakt inn og presentert for Sanhedrin for å bli avhørt av ypperstepresten.
B1930
Og da de hadde hentet dem, stilte de dem for rådet, og ypperstepresten spurte dem og sa:

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Cross references

  • Matthew 5:22

    But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.

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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 22:30–23:1

    The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

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  • Acts 4:7

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

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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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