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In recent years there have been many new developments in biblical scholarship, some challenging and some affirming scriptural accounts. This authoritative reference work brings together many of the finest scholars of our day to meet the needs of the church well into the twenty-first century. This readable and accessible volume offers sixty-six solid, concise, evangelical commentaries—one on each...

in terms of the temple and Jewish religion, there was no higher earthly authority than the high priest, who was present. The question asked probably referred to the teaching and proclaiming that formed the problem in 4:2 above. The vagueness of the wording, however, allowed Peter to backtrack to the act of kindness, the healing. The whole episode, after all, came about only because Peter explained the healing to the enthusiastic crowd. In vs 10–11 we have once again the reversal theme found in 2:23–24