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# They were deeply troubled
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"They were very angry." The Sadducees, in particular, would have been angry about what Peter and John were saying because they did not believe in resurrection.
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# proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead
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Peter and John were saying that God would raise people from the dead in the same way as he had raised Jesus from among the dead. Translate this in a way that allows "the resurrection" to refer to both Jesus's resurrection and the general resurrection of other people.
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# from the dead
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From among all those who have died. This expression describes all dead people together in the underworld. To come back from among them speaks of becoming alive again.
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