Acts 5:25

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

In Context

24Then, when the magistrate of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were uncertain about them, as to what should happen.

26Then the magistrate, with the attendants, went and brought them without force. For they were afraid of the people, lest they be stoned.

Read all of Acts 5

Cross References

Psalms 107:14In God, we will act virtuously, and he will bring our enemies to nothing.

Daniel 3:13Then Nebuchadnezzar, in fury and in wrath, commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego should be brought, and so, without delay, they were brought before the king.

John 11:46But certain ones among them went to the Pharisees and told them the things that Jesus had done.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Acts 5:25