Acts 5:21
And hearing this, they went into the temple at daybreak and taught. But the high-priest and they that were with him came and called together the council, and all the elders of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
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In Context
20Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
22But the officers that came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and brought word,
Cross References
Psalms 105:22To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his counsellors wisdom.
Luke 21:37And during the daytime he was teaching in the temple; but at night he went out, and lodged in the mount called the Mount of Olives.
John 8:2And early in the morning he came again to the temple, and all the people were coming to him. And he sat down and taught them.
Acts 4:5And it came to pass on the next day, that their rulers and elders and scribes,
Acts 5:24And when the priest, and the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were at a loss concerning them, to what this would come.
Acts 5:34But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, in high esteem with all the people, and commanded to put the men forth a little 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 →