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|And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

|And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

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|While they were talking to the people, the priests, the skeptics, and the temple captain came to them.

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|Sadducees were an inherently skeptical group, rejecting Pharisee beliefs such as resurrection of the dead, which is of key importance.

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|Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

|Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

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|They were upset that they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus' doctrine that the dead would be resurrected.

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|And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.

|And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.

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|It was evening, and they seized them and imprisoned them until the following day.

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|Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

|Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

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|Nonetheless, many of the listeners opened their minds and believed, about five thousand men.

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|And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

|And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

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|So the following day, the rulers, elders, writers,

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|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.

|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.

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|Annas, high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many of the high priest's family gathered in Jerusalem.

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|And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

|And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

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|Bringing them out where all could see, they asked, "By whose authority, and in whose name have you been acting?"

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|Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

|Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

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|Peter, filled with the Divine Guide, replied, "Rulers of the people, elders of Israel,"

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