Acts 5:16-18
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16 Many people also came into Jerusalem from the small towns near the city. They brought their sick friends with them. Some of those sick people had bad spirits that gave them trouble. God caused all these sick people to become well again.
The most important priest puts the apostles in prison
17 People liked the apostles very much. So the most important priest and his friends who belonged to the Sadducees' group were very jealous. 18 These important men took hold of the apostles and they put them in the city's prison.
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Acts 5:16-18
New International Version
16 Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.(A)
The Apostles Persecuted
17 Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party(B) of the Sadducees,(C) were filled with jealousy. 18 They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.(D)
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