Acts 5:28
and said: “We strongly order you not to teach in this name. For behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and you wish to bring the blood of this man upon us.”
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In The King James Version
In Context
29But Peter and the Apostles responded by saying: “It is necessary to obey God, more so than men.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:17And when he had seen him, he said, “Are you the one who is disturbing Israel?”
1 Kings 22:8And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: “One man remains, by whom we may be able to inquire of the Lord: Micaiah, the son of Imlah. But I hate him. For he does not prophecy good to me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “You should not speak in this way, O king.”
Jeremiah 38:4And the leaders said to the king: “We petition you to put this man to death. For he is deliberately weakening the hands of the men of war, who have remained in this city, and the hands of the people, by speaking to them with these words. For this man is certainly not seeking peace for this people, but evil.”
Matthew 21:44And whoever will have fallen on this stone shall be broken, yet truly, on whomever it shall fall, it will crush him.”
Matthew 27:25And the entire people responded by saying, “May his blood be upon us and upon our children.”
Acts 3:14Then you denied the Holy and Just One, and petitioned for a murderous man to be given to you.
Matthew Henry on Acts 5:27-42
The Seizing of the Apostles; The Examination of the Apostles; The Advice of Gamaliel. 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. 29… Read the whole commentary →