Acts 5:21

Good News Translation

The apostles obeyed, and at dawn they entered the Temple and started teaching. The High Priest and his companions called together all the Jewish elders for a full meeting of the Council; then they sent orders to the prison to have the apostles brought before them.

Cross References

Psalm 105:22

with power over the king's officials and authority to instruct his advisers.

Matthew 5:22

But now I tell you: if you are angry with your brother you will be brought to trial, if you call your brother ‘You good-for-nothing!’ you will be brought before the Council, and if you call your brother a worthless fool you will be in danger of going to the fire of hell.

Luke 22:66

When day came, the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law met together, and Jesus was brought before the Council.

John 18:35

Pilate replied, “Do you think I am a Jew? It was your own people and the chief priests who handed you over to me. What have you done?”

John 8:2

Early the next morning he went back to the Temple. All the people gathered around him, and he sat down and began to teach them.

Acts 22:15

For you will be a witness for him to tell everyone what you have seen and heard.

Acts 22:5

The High Priest and the whole Council can prove that I am telling the truth. I received from them letters written to fellow Jews in Damascus, so I went there to arrest these people and bring them back in chains to Jerusalem to be punished.

Acts 5:17

Then the High Priest and all his companions, members of the local party of the Sadducees, became extremely jealous of the apostles; so they decided to take action.

Acts 5:27

They brought the apostles in, made them stand before the Council, and the High Priest questioned them.

Acts 5:34

But one of them, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, who was a teacher of the Law and was highly respected by all the people, stood up in the Council. He ordered the apostles to be taken out for a while,

Acts 5:41

As the apostles left the Council, they were happy, because God had considered them worthy to suffer disgrace for the sake of Jesus.