When they heard that; having received a command from God, they resolved to obey him rather than man. Early in the morning; taking the first opportunity, though they could not but be sensible of the danger they ran into. The council; the sanhedrim, or great council. The senate; the judges of their inferior courts, or the chief amongst the priests or senators; either living in the city, or coming thither upon that festival occasion.
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Acts 5:21
21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.