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While they were talking to the people, the chief priests, the captain of the Temple police, and some of the Sadducees[a] came over to them, very disturbed that Peter and John were claiming that Jesus had risen from the dead. They arrested them and since it was already evening, jailed them overnight.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 4:1 the Sadducees, who were members of a Jewish religious sect that denied the resurrection of the dead.

Peter and John Before the Sanhedrin

The priests and the captain of the temple guard(A) and the Sadducees(B) came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people. They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.(C) They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail(D) until the next day.

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