Acts 5:24

Now when they heard these words, the high priest, and the captain of the temple, and the chief priests, were perplexed about them, whatever this would become.

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In The King James Version

Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

In Context

23saying, We found the prison indeed shut in all security, and the guards standing before the doors, but after opening, we found no man inside.

25But a certain man who arrived, reported to them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of LORD been revealed?

Daniel 2:44And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty of it be left to another people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it s

Mark 4:30And he said, To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or by what parable shall we compare it?

Luke 22:52And Jesus said to the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and elders, who came to him, Have ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

John 12:19The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Do ye see that ye accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.

Acts 4:1And as they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees approached them,

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:18-26

The Apostles Imprisoned; The Apostles Released by an Angel; The Disappointment of the Council. 17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, 18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. 19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, 20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. 21 And when they heard that, they… Read the whole commentary →

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