and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.

The people here were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, since they welcomed the message with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Come to your senses and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.

For I have no one else like-minded who will genuinely care about your interests;

Now finally, all of you should be like-minded and sympathetic, should love believers, and be compassionate and humble,

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people!

with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John and Alexander, and all the members of the high-priestly family.

Meanwhile, Simon Peter was following Jesus, as was another disciple. That disciple was an acquaintance of the high priest; so he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard.

Then the high priest took action. He and all his colleagues, those who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

In obedience to this, they entered the temple complex at daybreak and began to teach.

When the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full Senate of the sons of Israel—and sent orders to the jail to have them brought.

After they brought them in, they had them stand before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest asked,

“Is this true?” the high priest asked.

However, the Most High does not dwell in sanctuaries made with hands, as the prophet says:

So he got up and went. There was an Ethiopian man, a eunuch and high official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to worship in Jerusalem

When He had said these things, one of the temple police standing by slapped Jesus, saying, “Is this the way you answer the high priest?”

Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

One of the high priest’s slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?”

But the Jews incited the prominent women, who worshiped God, and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them from their district.

As she followed Paul and us she cried out, “These men, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation, are the slaves of the Most High God.”

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest

as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. After I received letters from them to the brothers, I traveled to Damascus to bring those who were prisoners there to be punished in Jerusalem.

But the high priest Ananias ordered those who were standing next to him to strike him on the mouth.

And those standing nearby said, “Do you dare revile God’s high priest?”

“I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest,” replied Paul. “For it is written, You must not speak evil of a ruler of your people.”

After five days Ananias the high priest came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus. These men presented their case against Paul to the governor.