Acts 4:5-8 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

          5The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
          6along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.
          7They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

⁸Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!

— Acts 4:5-8

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