Acts 4:5

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Acts 4:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.

4 But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

5 The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,

6 along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.

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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