Acts 5:17
Acts · New Testament · Chapter 5
“Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,”Acts 5:17
What Does Acts 5:17 Mean?
Acts 5:17 is found in the book of Acts, chapter 5, verse 17 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Acts 5:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Acts 13:45“But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.”Nehemiah 4:1“But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.”Matthew 27:18“For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.”Acts 7:9“And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,”Acts 17:5“But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.”Luke 20:27“Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,”1 Peter 2:1“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,”1 Samuel 18:12“And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.”Job 5:2“For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.”Psalms 2:1“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?”Proverbs 14:30“A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.”Proverbs 27:4“Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?”Ecclesiastes 4:4“Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.”Isaiah 43:27“Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.”Matthew 16:1“The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.”Matthew 22:23“The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,”John 11:47“Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.”John 12:10“But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;”Acts 24:5“For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:”James 3:14“But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.”
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