27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
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But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26-42)We are not told what it was that the apostles preached to the people; no doubt it was according to the direction of the angel— the words of this life ; but what passed between them and the council we have here an account of; for in their sufferings there appeared more of a divine power and energy than even in their preaching. Now here we have, I. The seizing of the apostles a second time. We may t…
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