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# Connecting Statement:
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The religious leaders arrest Peter and John after Peter's having healed the man who was born lame.
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# came upon them
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"approached them" or "came to them"
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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. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead ones
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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' resurrection and the general resurrection of other people.
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# from the dead ones
"from among the dead people"
# They arrested them
"The priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees arrested Peter and John"
# since it was now evening
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It was common practice not to question people at night.
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# the number of the men who believed
This refers only to men and does not include how many women or children believed.
# was about five thousand
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"grew to about five thousand"
# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/peter]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/johntheapostle]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/temple]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sadducee]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/teach]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/proclaim]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/resurrection]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/believe]]
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