Acts 4:5

Christian Standard Bible ®

The next day, their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
The next day, all the church decision makers met in Jerusalem.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened that on the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
On the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

Bible in Basic English
And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem;

Darby Translation
And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

New King James Version
And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes,

World English Bible
It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And on the morrow were gathered together at Jerusalem their rulers,

Weymouth's New Testament
The next day a meeting was held in Jerusalem of their Rulers, Elders, and Scribes,

King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe on the morow, that their rulers, and Elders, and Scribes,

Literal Translation
And it happened on the morrow that the rulers and elders and scribes gathered into Jerusalem;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And it chaunced on ye morow, that their rulers and Elders and scrybes

Mace New Testament (1729)
On the morrow, the rulers, senators, and doctors of the law, then at Jerusalem, assembled,

THE MESSAGE
The next day a meeting was called in Jerusalem. The rulers, religious leaders, religion scholars, Annas the Chief Priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander—everybody who was anybody was there. They stood Peter and John in the middle of the room and grilled them: "Who put you in charge here? What business do you have doing this?"

Amplified Bible
On the next day, their magistrates and elders and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) were gathered together in Jerusalem;

American Standard Version
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

Revised Standard Version
On the morrow their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And it chaunsed on the morowe that their rulars and elders and Scribes

Update Bible Version
And it came to pass on the next day, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

Young's Literal Translation
And it came to pass upon the morrow, there were gathered together of them the rulers, and elders, and scribes, to Jerusalem,

New Century Version
The next day the rulers, the elders, and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem.

New English Translation
On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.

Berean Standard Bible
The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,

Contemporary English Version
The next morning the leaders, the elders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses met in Jerusalem.

Complete Jewish Bible
The next day, the people's rulers, elders and Torah-teachers assembled in Yerushalayim,

English Standard Version
On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And it came to passe on the morow, that their rulers, and Elders, and Scribes, were gathered together at Hierusalem,

George Lamsa Translation
And the next day, the leaders and the elders and the scribes gathered together;

Hebrew Names Version
It happened in the morning, that their rulers, Zakenim, and Sofrim were gathered together in Yerushalayim.

International Standard Version
The next day their rulers, elders, and scribes met in Jerusalem

Etheridge Translation
And the day after, the rulers, and elders, and sophree, assembled,

Murdock Translation
And the next day, the rulers and the Elders and the Scribes assembled;

New Living Translation
The next day the council of all the rulers and elders and teachers of religious law met in Jerusalem.

New Life Bible
The next day the leaders of the court and the leaders of the people and the teachers of the Law came together in Jerusalem.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

New Revised Standard
The next day their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, upon the morrow, that there were gathered together of them, the rulers and the elders and the scribes, in Jerusalem;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their princes and ancients and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

King James Version
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

Lexham English Bible
And it happened that on the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes came together in Jerusalem,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And it came to passe on the morowe, that their rulers, and elders, & scribes,

Easy-to-Read Version
The next day the Jewish rulers, the older Jewish leaders, and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem.

New American Standard Bible
On the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

Good News Translation
The next day the Jewish leaders, the elders, and the teachers of the Law gathered in Jerusalem.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And amorewe it was don, that the princis of hem, and eldre men and scribis weren gadirid in Jerusalem;

Contextual Overview

⁵ The next day, their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem ⁶ with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John and Alexander, and all the members of the high-priestly family. ⁷ After they had Peter and John stand before them, they asked the question: "By what power or in what name have you done this?" ⁸ Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders: ⁹ If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a disabled man—by what means he was healed— ¹⁰ let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead—by Him this man is standing here before you healthy. ¹¹ This Jesus is the stone rejected by you builders, which has become the cornerstone. ¹² There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people, and we must be saved by it." ¹³ When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus. ¹⁴ And since they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in response.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

on: Acts 5:20, Acts 5:21, Micah 2:1, Matthew 27:1, Matthew 27:2

rulers: Acts 4:8, Acts 5:34, Acts 6:12, Isaiah 1:10, Mark 15:1, Luke 20:1, Luke 22:66, Luke 24:20

Reciprocal: Psalms 2:2 - rulers Psalms 11:3 - what Psalms 56:6 - gather Psalms 94:21 - gather Isaiah 1:23 - princes Jeremiah 19:1 - the ancients of the people Jeremiah 20:3 - Pashur Ezekiel 14:1 - certain Daniel 6:7 - have consulted Hosea 9:15 - all Matthew 2:4 - scribes Matthew 26:3 - Caiaphas Matthew 28:12 - General Mark 11:27 - the chief Mark 14:53 - and with Luke 12:11 - General John 1:24 - Why John 11:47 - gathered Acts 22:5 - and all

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
Then He said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground!

Genesis 4:11
So now you are cursed, alienated, from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood you have shed.

Genesis 31:2
And Jacob saw from Laban's face that his attitude toward him was not the same.

Genesis 31:5
He said to them, "I can see from your father's face that his attitude toward me is not the same, but the God of my father has been with me.

Numbers 16:15
Then Moses became angry and said to the Lord , "Don't respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them."

Job 5:2
For anger kills a fool, and jealousy slays the gullible.

Psalms 20:3
May He remember all your offerings and accept your burnt offering. Selah

Matthew 20:15
Don't I have the right to do what I want with my business? Are you jealous because I'm generous?'

Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to oppose what Paul was saying by insulting him.

Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass on the morrow,.... The disciples being kept in custody all night:

that their rulers, and elders, and Scribes; that is, their ecclesiastical rulers; the chief priests, who, with the Scribes, and elders of the people, made up the great council at Jerusalem, consisting of seventy one persons, so they are called in

Matthew 26:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their rulers - The rulers of the Jews; doubtless the members of the Sanhedrin, or Great Council of the nation. Compare Acts 4:15. See the notes on Matthew 2:4; Matthew 5:22. The expression their rulers looks as if this book was written for the Gentiles, or Luke would have said our rulers.

Elders - Presbyters, or those who were chosen from among the people to sit in the Sanhedrin. It is probable that the rulers were those who held also some other office, but were also authorized to sit in the Great Council.

Scribes - See the notes on Matthew 2:4.

And Annas ... - See the notes on John 18:13. It is by no means certain that Annas was at that time the high priest, but he had been, and doubtless retained the title. He was father-in-law to Caiaphas, the high priest; and from this fact, together with his former dignity, he is mentioned first.

Caiaphas - Son-in-law of Annas, and now exercising the office of the high priest, John 18:13.

John, and Alexander ... - Of these persons nothing more is known. It is clear that they were members of the Great Council, and the mention of their names shows that the men of chief authority and influence were assembled to silence the apostles. Annas and Caiaphas had been concerned in the condemnation of Jesus, and they would now feel a special interest in arresting the progress of the gospel among the people. All the success of the gospel reflected back light upon the wicked ness of the act of condemning the Lord Jesus. And this fact may serve, in part, to account for their strong desire to silence the apostles.

At Jerusalem - εἰς eis. This was the usual place of assembling the Sanhedrin. But the Jewish writers (see Lightfoot on this place) say that 40 years before the destruction of the city, on account of the great increase of crime, etc., the Sanhedrin was removed from place to place. The declaration of Luke that they were now assembled in Jerusalem, seems to imply that they sometimes met in other places. It is probable that the members of the Sanhedrin were not in the city at the time mentioned in Acts 4:3, and this was the reason why the trial was deferred to the next day.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 4:5. Their rulers, and elders, and scribes — Those with the high priest Annas formed the Sanhedrin, or grand council of the Jews.