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“We Must Obey God as Ruler”“Bearing Thorough Witness” About God’s Kingdom
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4, 5. Why did Caiaphas and the Sadducees become “filled with jealousy”?
4 Recall that when ordered to stop preaching the first time, Peter and John answered: “We cannot stop speaking about the things we have seen and heard.” (Acts 4:20) After that encounter with the Sanhedrin, Peter and John, along with the rest of the apostles, continued preaching in the temple. The apostles performed great signs, such as healing the sick and expelling demons. They did so “in Solomon’s Colonnade,” a covered portico on the east side of the temple, where many Jews would gather.
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