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Peter and John before the Council

While Peter and John[a] were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came to them,(A)

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  1. 4.1 Gk While they

he went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers of the temple police about how he might betray him to them.

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When Paul noticed that some were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he called out in the council, “Brothers,[a] I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection[b] of the dead.”(A) When he said this, a dissension began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. (The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection or angel or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge all three.)(B) Then a great clamor arose, and certain scribes of the Pharisees’ group stood up and contended, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”(C)

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  1. 23.6 Gk Men, brothers
  2. 23.6 Gk concerning hope and resurrection

12 They stirred up the people as well as the elders and the scribes; then they suddenly confronted him, seized him, and brought him before the council.

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26 Then the captain went with the temple police and brought them, but without violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.(A)

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24 Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were perplexed about them, wondering what might be going on.(A)

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The Question about the Resurrection

23 The same day some Sadducees came to him saying there is no resurrection,[a] and they asked him a question:(A) 24 “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies childless, his brother shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.’(B)

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  1. 22.23 Other ancient authorities read who say that there is no resurrection

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his[a] baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?(A)

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  1. 3.7 Other ancient authorities lack his

This is what you are to do: one-third of you, priests and Levites, who come on duty on the Sabbath shall be gatekeepers,(A) one-third shall be at the king’s house, and one-third at the Gate of the Foundation, and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord. Do not let anyone enter the house of the Lord except the priests and ministering Levites; they may enter, for they are holy, but all the other[a] people shall observe the instructions of the Lord. The Levites shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand, and whoever enters the house shall be killed. Stay with the king in his comings and goings.”(B)

Joash Crowned King

The Levites and all Judah did according to all that the priest Jehoiada commanded; each brought his men who were to come on duty on the Sabbath with those who were to go off duty on the Sabbath, for the priest Jehoiada did not dismiss the divisions.(C) The priest Jehoiada delivered to the captains the spears and the large and small shields that had been King David’s, which were in the house of God,(D)

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  1. 23.6 Heb lacks other

with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John,[a] and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.(A)

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  1. 4.6 Other ancient authorities read Jonathan

So Judas brought a detachment of soldiers together with police from the chief priests and the Pharisees, and they came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.(A)

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20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.(A)

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41 In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking him, saying,

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20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.(A)

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Jesus Brought before Pilate

27 When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus in order to bring about his death. They bound him, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.(A)

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Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,(A) and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.(B)

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16 So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one, for you do not regard people with partiality.(A)

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12 Then they understood that he had not told them to beware of the yeast of bread but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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The word of God continued to spread; the number of the disciples increased greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.(A)

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