Acts 5:24

And 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.

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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

23saying, The prison we found shut in all security and the keepers standing at the doors: but when we opened them, we found no one within.

25But one came and brought them word, Lo! the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:1Who hath believed our report, And to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed?

Daniel 2:44But in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall be left to no other people but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever;

Mark 4:30And he said, To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or under what comparison shall we set it forth?

Luke 22:52Then Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders who had come to him, Ye have come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs;

John 12:19The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Ye see that ye effect nothing; o! the world hath gone after him.

Acts 4:1And while they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon 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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