On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem,
The wicked pour out all their cunning to extinguish the gospel and Christ's name, yet God makes their schemes come to nothing. They assemble with tyranny dressed as justice, but the Lord strikes them with sudden fear so they dare not do what they most desire; the truth gets buried within those walls while the people's favor holds back their fury.
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The court sits the next day, not in haste like when they tried Christ, and perhaps they begin to relent; yet they cannot wait to silence the apostles. This prosecution in Jerusalem, where so many looked for redemption and found it but would not receive it, shows how that faithful city became a harlot. The gospel had both learning and power arrayed against it, yet it prevailed.
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Commenting on Acts 4:5-14
And it came to pass on the morrow,.... The disciples being kept in custody all night: that their rulers, and elders, and Scribes; that is, their ecclesiastical rulers; the chief priests, who, with the Scribes, and elders of the people, made up the great council at Jerusalem, consisting of seventy one persons, so they are called in Mat 26:3.