Acts 5:24

And 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.

Darby Translation

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 shut with all security, and the keepers standing at the doors; but when we had opened [them], within we found no one.

25And some one coming reported to them, Lo, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:1Who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed?

Daniel 2:44And in the days of these kings shall the God of the heavens set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the sovereignty thereof shall not be left to another people: it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but itself shall stand for ever.

Mark 4:30And he said, How should we liken the kingdom of God, or with what comparison should we compare it?

Luke 22:52And Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders, who were come against him, Have ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks?

John 12:19The Pharisees therefore said to one another, Ye see that ye profit nothing: behold, the world is gone after him.

Acts 4:1And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon 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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