Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [while] they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees approached them,
New American Standard Bible
As they were speaking to the people, the priests and
King James Version
And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
Holman Bible
Now as they were speaking to the people, the priests, the commander of the temple police, and the Sadducees confronted them,
International Standard Version
While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the commander of the Temple guards, and the Sadducees came to them.
A Conservative Version
And as they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees approached them,
American Standard Version
And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
Amplified
And while Peter and John were talking to the people, the priests and the captain [who was in charge of the temple area and] of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
An Understandable Version
As they were speaking to the [crowd of] people, the [Jewish] priests, the captain of the Temple [guard] and the Sadducees [i.e., a sect of the Jewish religion] approached them
Anderson New Testament
While they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,
Bible in Basic English
And while they were talking to the people, the priests and the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came up to them,
Common New Testament
And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
Daniel Mace New Testament
While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadduces came upon them,
Darby Translation
And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
Godbey New Testament
And they speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees rose up against them,
Goodspeed New Testament
As they were talking in this way to the people, the high priests, the commander of the Temple, and the Sadducees came up to them,
John Wesley New Testament
And as they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple,
Julia Smith Translation
And they speaking to the people, the priests, and commander of the temple, and the Sadducees, resisted them,
King James 2000
And as they spoke unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
Modern King James verseion
And as they spoke to the people, the priests, and the temple commander, and the Sadducees came on them,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As they spake unto the people, the priests and the ruler of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
Moffatt New Testament
While they were speaking to the people, they were surprised by the priests, the commander of the temple, and the Sadducees,
Montgomery New Testament
While they were addressing the people the priests, the commander of the Temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,
NET Bible
While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
New Heart English Bible
As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,
Noyes New Testament
And while they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
Sawyer New Testament
And while they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the commander of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,
The Emphasized Bible
But, as they were speaking unto the people, the High-priests and the Captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
AND as they were thus speaking, the priests, and the captain of the temple-guard, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
Twentieth Century New Testament
While Peter and John were still speaking to the people, the Chief Priest, with the Officer in charge at the Temple and the Sadducees, came up to them,
Webster
And as they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,
Weymouth New Testament
While they were saying this to the people, the Priests, the Commander of the Temple Guard, and the Sadducees came upon them,
Williams New Testament
While they were talking to the people, the high priests, the military commander of the temple, and the Sadducees came down upon them,
World English Bible
As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,
Worrell New Testament
But, as they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
Worsley New Testament
And while they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the sadducees came upon them,
Youngs Literal Translation
And as they are speaking unto the people, there came to them the priests, and the magistrate of the temple, and the Sadducees --
Themes
Caiaphas » Peter and other disciples accused before
religious Intolerance » The jewish leaders » In persecuting the disciples
Jerusalem » Persecution of the Christian church commenced at
John » The apostle » Imprisoned by the rulers of the jews
Peter » Accused by the council; his defense
Sadducees » Persecute the apostles
Sadducees » Persecuted the Christians
Temple » Herod the great's temple » Captains of (i. E. The temple security guard)
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 4:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Peter And John Arrested
1 And [while] they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees approached them, 2 greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Cross References
Luke 22:4
And he went away [and] discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he could betray him to them.
Acts 5:24
Now when both the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed concerning them, [as to] what this might be.
Acts 5:26
Then the captain went with the officers [and] brought them, not with force (for they were afraid of the people, lest they be stoned [by them]).
Acts 6:12
And they incited the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came up [and] seized him and brought [him] to the Sanhedrin.
2 Chronicles 23:4-9
This is the thing that you must do: one third of you priests and Levites {coming off duty on the Sabbath} [shall be] gatekeepers at the entrances
Matthew 3:7
But [when he] saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Matthew 16:12
Then they understood that he did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Matthew 22:16
And they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people}.
Matthew 22:23-24
On that day Sadducees--who say there is no resurrection--came up to him and asked him,
Matthew 26:3-4
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas,
Matthew 27:1-2
Now [when it] was early morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus in order to put him to death.
Matthew 27:20
But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should ask for Barabbas and put Jesus to death.
Matthew 27:41
In the same way also the chief priests, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking [him], saying,
John 15:20
Remember the word that I said to you: 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
John 18:3
So Judas, taking the cohort and officers from the chief priests and from the Pharisees, came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
Acts 4:6
and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all those who were from the high priest's family.
Acts 6:7
And the word of God kept spreading, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem was increasing greatly, and a large number of priests began obeying the faith.
Acts 23:6-9
Now [when] Paul realized that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he shouted out in the Sanhedrin, "Men [and] brothers! I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees! I am being judged concerning the hope and the resurrection of the dead!"