Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Acts 4:1-12
PETER AND JOHN BEFORE THE SAMHEDRIM. (Acts 4:1-13)
the captain—of the Levitical guard.
of the temple—annoyed at the disturbance created around it.
and the Sadducees—who "say that there is no resurrection" (Acts 23:8), irritated at the apostles "preaching through (rather, 'in') Jesus the resurrection from the dead"; for the resurrection of Christ, if a fact, effectually overthrew the Sadducean doctrine.
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