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Acts 4:6

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And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
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  1. Luke 3:2Rank 1 from verse 6
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    2Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

  2. John 18:24Rank 2 from verse 6
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    24Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.

  3. Matthew 26:3Rank 3 from verse 6
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    3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

  4. John 11:49Rank 4 from verse 6
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    49And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

  5. John 18:13–14Rank 5 from verse 6
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    13And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.

    14Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

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Acts 4:6

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high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

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

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priest

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One appointed to sacred service, ministering in things pertaining to God or a deity, especially by offering gifts or sacrifices.

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

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kindred

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1. Relatives or a family or clan connected by descent. 2. By extension, a people group of shared lineage.

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gathered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gather, meaning to collect, bring together, or assemble.

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

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4:5¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

4:6And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

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4:7And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

4:8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

4:9If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;

4:10Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

4:11This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

4:12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

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