when: Acts 4:18
beaten: Proverbs 12:10; Matthew 10:17, Matthew 23:34; Mark 13:9; Luke 20:10; John 19:1-4; 2 Corinthians 11:24
they commanded: Acts 5:28, Acts 4:17-21; Isaiah 30:10; Amos 2:12; Micah 2:6
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Acts 5:40
Acts 5:40
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