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Kisah Para Rasul 4:5

Pada keesokan harinya pemimpin-pemimpin Yahudi serta tua-tua dan ahli-ahli Taurat mengadakan sidang di Yerusalem

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Caiaphas;   Government;   John;   Persecution;   Peter;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Scribes;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caiaphas;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elder;   Sadducees;   Sanhedrin;   Scribes;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Captain;   Sanhedrim;   Scribes;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Sanhedrin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mark, Gospel According to;   Peter;   Sadducees;   Sanhedrin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Ambassage;   Resurrection of Christ;   Ruler;   Sanhedrin (2);   Time;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sanhedrin or Sanhedrim;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elder in the Old Testament;   Presbyter;   Ruler;   Sanhedrin;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 4;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Pada keesokan harinya pemimpin-pemimpin Yahudi serta tua-tua dan ahli-ahli Taurat mengadakan sidang di Yerusalem
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Pada keesokan harinya berhimpunlah di Yeruzalem segala penghulu dan orang tua-tua dan ahli Tauratnya,

Contextual Overview

5 And it came to passe on the morowe, that their rulers, and elders, & scribes, 6 And Annas the chiefe priest, and Caiaphas, and Iohn, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kynrede of the hye priestes, were gathered together at Hierusalem. 7 And when they had set them before them, they asked: by what power, or in what name haue ye done this? 8 Then Peter, full of the holy ghost, sayde vnto them: Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, 9 If we this day be examined of the good deede done to the sicke man, by what meanes he is made whole: 10 Be it knowen vnto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Iesus Christe of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raysed agayne from the dead: euen by hym doth this man stande here before you whole. 11 This is the stone which was cast asyde of you buylders, which is the head of the corner: 12 Neither is there saluation in any other. For among men vnder heauen, there is geuen none other name, wherin we must be saued. 13 Nowe when they sawe the boldnesse of Peter and Iohn, and vnderstoode that they were vnlearned and lay men, they marueyled, and they knewe them that they had ben with Iesu: 14 And beholdyng also the man which was healed, standyng with them, they coulde not say agaynst it,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

on: Acts 5:20, Acts 5:21, Micah 2:1, Matthew 27:1, Matthew 27:2

rulers: Acts 4:8, Acts 5:34, Acts 6:12, Isaiah 1:10, Mark 15:1, Luke 20:1, Luke 22:66, Luke 24:20

Reciprocal: Psalms 2:2 - rulers Psalms 11:3 - what Psalms 56:6 - gather Psalms 94:21 - gather Isaiah 1:23 - princes Jeremiah 19:1 - the ancients of the people Jeremiah 20:3 - Pashur Ezekiel 14:1 - certain Daniel 6:7 - have consulted Hosea 9:15 - all Matthew 2:4 - scribes Matthew 26:3 - Caiaphas Matthew 28:12 - General Mark 11:27 - the chief Mark 14:53 - and with Luke 12:11 - General John 1:24 - Why John 11:47 - gathered Acts 22:5 - and all

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
And he sayde: What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me out of the grounde.
Genesis 4:11
And nowe art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receaue thy brothers blood from thy hande.
Genesis 31:2
And Iacob behelde the countenaunce of Laban, and beholde, it was not towardes hym as it was wont to be.
Genesis 31:5
And sayde vnto them: I see your fathers countenauce that it is not toward me as it was wont to be: but the God of my father hath ben with me.
Numbers 16:15
And Moyses waxed very angry, and sayde vnto the Lorde, Turne not thou vnto their offeryng: I haue not taken so much as an asse from them, neither haue I hurt any of them.
Job 5:2
As for the foolish ma, wrathfulnesse killeth him, and enuie slayeth the ignorant.
Psalms 20:3
Let him remember all thy offeringes: and turne into asshes thy burnt sacrifices. Selah.
Matthew 20:15
Is it not lawfull for me, to do that I wyll with myne owne? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good?
Acts 13:45
But when the Iewes sawe the people, they were full of indignation, and spake agaynst those thynges which were spoken of Paul, speakyng against, and raylyng.
Hebrews 11:4
By fayth Abel offered vnto God a more excellent sacrifice then Cain: by whiche he was witnessed to be ryghteous, God testifiyng of his gyftes: by which also he beyng dead, yet speaketh.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass on the morrow,.... The disciples being kept in custody all night:

that their rulers, and elders, and Scribes; that is, their ecclesiastical rulers; the chief priests, who, with the Scribes, and elders of the people, made up the great council at Jerusalem, consisting of seventy one persons, so they are called in

Matthew 26:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their rulers - The rulers of the Jews; doubtless the members of the Sanhedrin, or Great Council of the nation. Compare Acts 4:15. See the notes on Matthew 2:4; Matthew 5:22. The expression their rulers looks as if this book was written for the Gentiles, or Luke would have said our rulers.

Elders - Presbyters, or those who were chosen from among the people to sit in the Sanhedrin. It is probable that the rulers were those who held also some other office, but were also authorized to sit in the Great Council.

Scribes - See the notes on Matthew 2:4.

And Annas ... - See the notes on John 18:13. It is by no means certain that Annas was at that time the high priest, but he had been, and doubtless retained the title. He was father-in-law to Caiaphas, the high priest; and from this fact, together with his former dignity, he is mentioned first.

Caiaphas - Son-in-law of Annas, and now exercising the office of the high priest, John 18:13.

John, and Alexander ... - Of these persons nothing more is known. It is clear that they were members of the Great Council, and the mention of their names shows that the men of chief authority and influence were assembled to silence the apostles. Annas and Caiaphas had been concerned in the condemnation of Jesus, and they would now feel a special interest in arresting the progress of the gospel among the people. All the success of the gospel reflected back light upon the wicked ness of the act of condemning the Lord Jesus. And this fact may serve, in part, to account for their strong desire to silence the apostles.

At Jerusalem - εἰς eis. This was the usual place of assembling the Sanhedrin. But the Jewish writers (see Lightfoot on this place) say that 40 years before the destruction of the city, on account of the great increase of crime, etc., the Sanhedrin was removed from place to place. The declaration of Luke that they were now assembled in Jerusalem, seems to imply that they sometimes met in other places. It is probable that the members of the Sanhedrin were not in the city at the time mentioned in Acts 4:3, and this was the reason why the trial was deferred to the next day.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 4:5. Their rulers, and elders, and scribes — Those with the high priest Annas formed the Sanhedrin, or grand council of the Jews.


 
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