Acts 5:24

Then, when the magistrate of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were uncertain about them, as to what should happen.

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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 certainly locked up with all diligence, and the guards standing before the door. But upon opening it, we found no one within.”

25But someone arrived and reported to them, “Behold, the men whom you placed in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.”

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Cross References

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

Daniel 2:44But in the days of those kingdoms, the God of heaven will inspire a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and his kingdom will not be handed over to another people, and it will crush and will consume all these kingdoms, and this kingdom itself will stand in eternity.

Mark 4:30And he said: “To what should we compare the kingdom of God? Or to what parable should we compare it?

Luke 22:52Then Jesus said to the leaders of the priests, and the magistrates of the temple, and the elders, who had come to him: “Have you gone out, as if against a thief, with swords and clubs?

John 12:19Therefore, the Pharisees said among themselves: “Do you see that we are accomplishing nothing? Behold, the entire world has gone after him.”

Acts 4:1But while they were speaking to the people, the priests and the magistrate of the temple and the Sadducees overwhelmed 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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