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Acts 4:23

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¶ And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:14–17Rank 1 from verse 23
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    14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

    15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

    16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

    17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

  2. Psalms 119:63Rank 2 from verse 23
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    63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

  3. Psalms 42:4Rank 3 from verse 23
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    4When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

  4. Acts 12:11–12Rank 4 from verse 23
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    11And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

    12And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.

  5. Malachi 3:16Rank 5 from verse 23
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    16¶ Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

  6. Proverbs 13:20Rank 6 from verse 23
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    20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  7. Psalms 16:3Rank 7 from verse 23
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    3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

  8. Acts 1:13–14Rank 8 from verse 23
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    13And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

    14These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

  9. Acts 16:40Rank 9 from verse 23
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    40And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

  10. Acts 2:44–46Rank 10 from verse 23
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    44And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

    45And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

    46And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

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Acts 4:23

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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company

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1. A group, body, assembly, or number gathered or associated together. 2. Companionship or association; to associate with.

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reported

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of report, meaning to tell, relate, or make known.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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chief

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1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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priests

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Persons set apart to religious service, sanctuary duty, sacrifice, intercession, teaching, or representation before a deity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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4:23¶ And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.

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4:24And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

4:25Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

4:26The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

4:27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

4:28For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

4:29And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

4:30By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

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