Acts 5:20

“Go,” he said, “and stand in the Temple Courts, and tell the people the whole message of this new life.”

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In The King James Version

Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

In Context

19An angel of the Lord, however, opened the prison doors at night and led them out.

21When they heard this, they went at daybreak into the Temple Courts, and began to teach. The high priest and his party, on their arrival, summoned the High Council, including all the leaders of the people among the Israelites, and sent to the jail to fetch the apostles.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:23After Jesus had come into the Temple Courts, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, “What authority have you to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

John 6:68But Simon Peter answered, “Master, to whom would we go? Eternal life is in your teaching;

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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