Acts 5:21
And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison house to have them brought.
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In Context
20Go ye, and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life.
22But the officers that came found them not in the prison; and they returned, and told,
Cross References
Psalms 105:22To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom.
Luke 21:37And every day he was teaching in the temple; and every night he went out, and lodged in the mount that is called Olivet.
John 8:2And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came; 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 5:24Now when the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed concerning them whereunto this would grow.
Acts 5:34But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in honor of all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little 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 →