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Acts 4:1

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While Peter and John were speaking to the people, they were confronted by the priests, the captain of the Temple guard, and some of the Sadducees.

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Then at last they understood that he wasn’t speaking about the yeast in bread, but about the deceptive teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

They sent some of their disciples, along with the supporters of Herod, to meet with him. “Teacher,” they said, “we know how honest you are. You teach the way of God truthfully. You are impartial and don’t play favorites.

Meanwhile, the leading priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas to be released and for Jesus to be put to death.

The leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders also mocked Jesus.

But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize, he denounced them. “You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed. “Who warned you to flee the coming wrath?

One day as Jesus was teaching the people and preaching the Good News in the Temple, the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders came up to him.

and he went to the leading priests and captains of the Temple guard to discuss the best way to betray Jesus to them.

Do you remember what I told you? ‘A slave is not greater than the master.’ Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you.

The leading priests and Pharisees had given Judas a contingent of Roman soldiers and Temple guards to accompany him. Now with blazing torches, lanterns, and weapons, they arrived at the olive grove.

Annas the high priest was there, along with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and other relatives of the high priest.

The high priest and his officials, who were Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

When the captain of the Temple guard and the leading priests heard this, they were perplexed, wondering where it would all end.

The captain went with his Temple guards and arrested the apostles, but without violence, for they were afraid the people would stone them.

This roused the people, the elders, and the teachers of religious law. So they arrested Stephen and brought him before the high council.

So God’s message continued to spread. The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish priests were converted, too.




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