Acts 5:26

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

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In The King James Version

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

In Context

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

27And when they had brought them, they stood them before the council. And the high priest questioned them,

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Cross References

Matthew 14:5And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.

Matthew 26:5But they said, “Not on the feast day, lest perhaps there may be a tumult among the people.”

Luke 20:19And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, were seeking to lay hands on him in that same hour, but they feared the people. For they realized that he had spoken this parable about them.

Acts 4:21But they, threatening them, sent them away, having not found a way that they might punish them because of the people. For all were glorifying the things that had been done in these events.

Acts 5:24Then, when the magistrate of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were uncertain about them, as to what should happen.

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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