Acts 5:21
They did as they were told and went into the Temple at around dawn and began teaching. Then the high priest and his followers called a council meeting with all the leaders of Israel. He sent for the apostles to be brought from prison.
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20“Go to the Temple and tell the people everything about this new way of life!” he told them.
Cross References
Psalms 105:22to teach the king's officials whatever he wanted, to make the king's advisors wise.
Luke 21:37Every day Jesus taught in the Temple, and every evening he went and stayed on the Mount of Olives.
John 8:2Early in the morning he returned to the Temple where many people gathered around him and he sat down and taught them.
Acts 4:5The next day, the rulers, elders, and religious leaders met together in Jerusalem.
Acts 5:24Now when the captain of the Temple guards and the chief priests heard this they were totally baffled, and wondered what was going on.
Acts 5:34But then one of the council members stood up to speak. He was Gamaliel, a Pharisee and a doctor of law who was respected by everyone. He ordered the apostles sent out for a short 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 →