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Acts 5:24

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

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

In Context

23“We indeed found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted before the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

25Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.

Mark 4:30Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we illustrate it?

Luke 22:52Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?

John 12:19Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You can see that this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone after Him!”

Acts 4:1While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

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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