The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
Parallel translations
- WEB In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.
- KJV And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
- NKJV And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes,
- NASB On the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;
- NLT The next day the council of all the rulers and elders and teachers of religious law met in Jerusalem.
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Quick answer
The next morning, the Jewish rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem. The full council gathered to examine the apostles.
Overview
This convening of rulers, elders, and scribes describes the Sanhedrin, the highest Jewish council, the same body that had condemned Jesus. The formal assembly underscores the seriousness of the charges and the official weight behind the opposition. The apostles now stand before the very court that judged their Lord, sharing in his sufferings as they bear witness to him.
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Cross-references · 12
- Acts 4:8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
- Luke 23:13Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
- Luke 22:66At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,
- Mark 15:1Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.
- Acts 6:12So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,
- Acts 5:20–21“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
- Isa 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
- Matt 27:1–2When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
- Mic 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
- Luke 20:1One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.
- Acts 5:34But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.
- Luke 24:20Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.
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