greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Satan's agents will be spiteful; therefore Christ's servants must be resolute. Peter and John spoke openly to all, teaching the resurrection through Jesus Christ as the way to the happiness of the future state, and many believed, about five thousand, because the Spirit enabled both preachers and people to do their part.
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Commenting on Acts 4:1-4
The Sadducees were filled with wrath because the apostles preached not merely that resurrection would happen, but that Jesus had risen and would raise all the dead by His power. This doctrine pained them to the heart, for it struck at everything they denied.
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Their grief was indignation mixed with anger: these unlearned Galileans dared to teach without priestly commission, undermining the authorities' influence and doctrine. Men in power easily suppose all instructing must flow from their own hands, and they oppose truth itself when it comes through other channels.
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