Peter and John's Trial

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning

AD 30

Traditional reckoning

AD 30

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Where is it in the Bible?

• Acts 4:1–22

Who was there, and where?

• John the Apostle
• Holy Spirit
• Simon Peter
• Alexander (Son of Simon)
• John (Relative of the High Priest)
• Caiaphas
• Annas

Where: Jerusalem.

Which verses connect to Acts 4:1?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

1. Luke 22:49 votes

   And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.

2. Acts 6:126 votes

   So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,

3. Acts 23:6–96 votes

   Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.” As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. …

4. Acts 5:245 votes

   When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.

5. Acts 5:265 votes

   At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.

6. 2 Chronicles 23:4–93 votes

   This is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath shall keep watch at the doors, a third shall be at the royal palace, and a third at the Foundation Gate, while all the others are to be in the courtyards of the house of the LORD. …