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Then the high priest rose up; moved at the report of these things, went out of the council to observe what was done.
And all they that were with him; there were both Pharisees and Sadducees in their sanhedrim or great council, as appears Act_23:6; but the high priest and a great part were at this time Sadducees.
Indignation, or zeal, which is the best when kindled (as the fire on the altar) from heaven, regularly acting for God’s truth and word; and the worst when inflamed by carnal affections, and set upon wrong objects for self-ends. The pique these Sadducees had against the apostles and their doctrine, was, because they taught the resurrection, which the Sadducees denied.