Acts 5:34
Acts · New Testament · Chapter 5
“Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;”Acts 5:34
What Does Acts 5:34 Mean?
Acts 5:34 is found in the book of Acts, chapter 5, verse 34 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 14 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (14)
These passages are connected to Acts 5:34 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Acts 22:3“I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.”Jeremiah 26:16“Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.”Luke 2:46“And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.”Jeremiah 26:17“Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,”Luke 5:17“And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.”Jeremiah 36:25“Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.”Acts 4:15“But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,”Psalms 76:10“Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.”Luke 14:1“And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.”John 7:50“Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)”Acts 4:5“And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,”Acts 5:21“And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.”Acts 23:7“And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.”Galatians 2:2“And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.”
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