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Now as they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,
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being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
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And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.
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However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
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And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes,
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as well as Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
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And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, "By what power or by what name have you done this?"
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: