But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 4:4 in context
Acts 4:1–7
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As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,
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being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
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They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.
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But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
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Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.
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When they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”
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