Acts 5:24

When the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt about them, what this could mean.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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 closed with all safety, and the guards standing before the doors; but when we had opened, we found no one within.

25And some one came and reported to them: Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

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Cross References

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

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

John 12:19Then the Pharisees said among themselves: You see that you gain nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.

Acts 4:1While they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon 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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