Acts 5:21
And when they heard it, they entered very early into the temple and taught. And when the high priest was come, and they that were with him, they called together the council and all the elderhood of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20Go ye and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
22And when the officers were come, they did not find them in the prison; and returned and reported
Cross References
Psalms 105:22To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.
Luke 21:37And by day he was teaching in the temple, and by night, going out, he remained abroad on the mountain called [the mount] of Olives;
John 8:2And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down and taught them.
Acts 4:5And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,
Acts 5:24And when they heard these words, both the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests were in perplexity as to them, what this would come to.
Acts 5:34But a certain [man], a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in honour of all the people, rose up in the council, and commanded to put the men out for a short while,
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 →