Acts 4:6-21

The scene before us is the morning after — the morning after Peter’s and John’s arrest. The two had been arrested for disturbing the peace. The peace which they had disturbed was that of the Sadducees. The Sadducees were upset because Peter and John taught the people and preached resurrection from the dead through Jesus (see v. 2).

This is not the first occasion on which the Sadducees were upset. They were much…