Acts 5:24

Now, at these words, the captain of the Temple and the chief priests were greatly troubled about what might be the end of this business.

Bible in Basic English

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, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.

25And someone came and said to them, The men, whom you put in prison, are in the Temple teaching the people.

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:1Who would have had faith in the word which has come to our ears, and to whom had the arm of the Lord been unveiled?

Daniel 2:44And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will put up a kingdom which will never come to destruction, and its power will never be given into the hands of another people, and all these kingdoms will be broken and overcome by it, but it will keep its place for ever.

Mark 4:30And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?

Luke 22:52And Jesus said to the chief priests and the captains of the Temple and the rulers, who had come against him, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks?

John 12:19Then the Pharisees said one to another, You see, you are unable to do anything: the world has gone after him.

Acts 4:1And while they were talking to the people, the priests and the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came up to 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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