34Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
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I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. …
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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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