2greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.
4But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
Acts 4 records the first major collision between the apostolic church and the religious establishment. Peter and John are arrested for proclaiming the resurrection, questioned by the Sanhedrin, and released with a warning. The believers respond not with fear but with bold prayer,
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