Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost The Spirit of God upon him had changed him "into another man." Cf. 1 Samuel 10:6.

said unto them, Ye rulers of the people For this was the highest judicial tribunal which the Jews had.

and elders of Israel The best authorities omit of Israel. The council was composed of the chief priests, i.e. the heads of each of the twenty-four classes into which the priests were divided, the scribes, men who were skilled in all the Jewish law, and the elders, grave and learned men chosen to complete the number, which is stated to have been in all seventy-one.

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