Acts 4:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

Acts 4:8 —

Old words in this verse

ghost: — spirit, breath of life.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 12:11-12
And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: …
Matthew 10:19-20
But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. …
Luke 21:14-15
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: …
Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 4:31
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

Topics

Accusation, False Afflictions and Adversities Arbitration Baptism Bigotry Caiaphas Church and State Cities

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5-14)

We have here the trial of Peter and John before the judges of the ecclesiastical court, for preaching a sermon concerning Jesus Christ, and working a miracle in his name. This is charged upon them as a crime, which was the best service they could do to God or men. I. Here is the court set. An extraordinary court, it should seem, was called on purpose upon this occasion. Observe, 1. The time when t…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

Ac 4:1-13. Peter and John before the Sanhedrin. 1-12. 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” (Ac 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…