Acts 5:24

Now when the officer of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt concerning them, what would come to pass.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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: The prison indeed we found shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing before the doors; but opening it, we found no man within.

25But one came and told them: Behold, the men whom you put in 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 is the arm of the Lord revealed?

Daniel 2:44But in the days of those kingdoms the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and his kingdom shall not be delivered up to another people, and it shall break in pieces, and shall consume all these kingdoms, and itself shall stand for ever.

Mark 4:30And he said: To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what parable shall we compare it?

Luke 22:52And Jesus said to the chief priests, and magistrates of the temple, and the ancients, that were come unto him: Are ye come out, as it were against a thief, with swords and clubs?

John 12:19The Pharisees therefore said among themselves: Do you see that we prevail nothing? behold, the whole world is gone after him.

Acts 4:1And as they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the officer 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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