Their rulers; the sanhedrim, or great council. Elders and scribes; the magistrates of the city, scribes, doctors, or teachers of the law, &c.; howsoever these might be distinguished, they are all as one against the doctrine of the gospel, and endeavour to put out the light as soon as it began to shine, as Herod would have killed Christ in the manger.
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Acts 4:5
5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,