Acts 5:26

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, not with violence (for they feared the people), that they might not be stoned.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

In Context

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.

27And having brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,

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Cross References

Matthew 14:5And though desiring to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they held him as a prophet.

Matthew 26:5But they said: Not at the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.

Luke 20:19And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that hour; and they feared the people; for they knew that he spoke this parable against them.

Acts 4:21And they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way to punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for that which was done;

Acts 5:24And 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.

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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