Acts 5:26
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence, that they might not be stoned; for they feared the people.
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In The King James Version
In Context
27And having brought them, they set them before the council. And the high-priest questioned them,
Cross References
Matthew 14:5And wishing to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they regarded him as a prophet.
Matthew 26:5But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Luke 20:19And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that hour, but they feared the people; for they knew that he spoke this parable against them.
Acts 4:21So, having further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, on account of the people; because all were glorifying God for that which had been done.
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.
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 →