Acts 5:25

Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

24When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.

26At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.

Daniel 3:13Then Nebuchadnezzar, furious with rage, summoned Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king,

John 11:46But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

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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