Acts 5:21
So upon hearing it they entered the temple about daybreak and started to teach. Then the high priest and those with him arrived and convened the Sanhedrin, even all the council of elders of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
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20“Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.”
22Well, upon arriving the operatives did not find them in the jail, so they returned and reported,
Cross References
Luke 21:37In the daytime He was teaching in the temple, but at night He went out and stayed on the mountain called ‘of Olives.’
John 8:2And at dawn He went again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; so sitting down He started to teach them.
Acts 4:5So the next day an assembly of their rulers, both elders and scribes, occurred in Jerusalem,
Acts 5:24Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were really perplexed as to what the implications might be.
Acts 5:34But someone in the council stood up (a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law respected by all the people) and commanded to put the Apostles out for a bit.
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 →