Acts 5:21

and having heard, they entered into the temple at the dawn, and were teaching. And the chief priest having come, and those with him, they called together the Sanhedrin and all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and they sent to the prison to have them brought,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, 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 to have them brought.

In Context

20“Go on, and standing, speak in the temple to the people all the sayings of this life”;

22and the officers having come, did not find them in the prison, and having turned back, they told,

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Cross References

Psalms 105:22To bind his chiefs at his pleasure, || And he makes his elderly wise.

Luke 21:37And He was teaching in the temple during the days, and during the nights, going forth, He was lodging at [that] called the Mount of Olives;

John 8:2and all the people were coming to Him, and having sat down, He was teaching them;

Acts 4:5And it came to pass the next day, there were gathered together of them the rulers, and elders, and scribes, to Jerusalem,

Acts 5:24And as the priest, and the magistrate of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these words, they were doubting concerning them to what this would come;

Acts 5:34but a certain one, having risen up in the Sanhedrin—a Pharisee, by name Gamaliel, a teacher of law honored by all the people—commanded to put the apostles forth a little,

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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