Acts 5:25

Then someone came in and said, “Look, the men you put in prison are right there in the Temple teaching people!”

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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

24Now when the captain of the Temple guards and the chief priests heard this they were totally baffled, and wondered what was going on.

26So the captain went with his guards and brought them in, but did not use force because they were afraid that the people would stone them.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:14He brought them out of complete darkness, he broke their chains to pieces.

Daniel 3:13This made Nebuchadnezzar absolutely furious. “Bring me Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego!” he demanded. So they were brought before the king.

John 11:46But others 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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