Acts 5:28
saying, We strictly commanded you not to teach in this name, and lo! ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and mean to bring this man's blood upon us.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
27And having brought them, they set them before the council. And the high-priest questioned them,
29But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Cross References
Jeremiah 38:4Then said the princes to the king, “We beseech thee, let this man be put to death! for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them; for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but their hurt.”
Matthew 27:25And all the people answering said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Acts 3:14But ye denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a murderer should be granted to you.
Matthew Henry on Acts 5:27-42
The Seizing of the Apostles; The Examination of the Apostles; The Advice of Gamaliel. 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. 29… Read the whole commentary →