Acts 5:24

And when the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they were at a loss concerning them, to what this might grow.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 security, and the keepers standing without before the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one within.

25But one came and told them, saying: Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.

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Cross References

Mark 4:30And he said: How shall we liken the kingdom of God, or in what comparison shall we set it forth?

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

John 12:19The Pharisees therefore said among themselves: Perceive ye that ye avail nothing? Behold, the world is gone after him.

Acts 4:1AND while they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the 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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