Acts 5:18

And they laid their hands upon the Moshiachʼs Shlichim and they put them in a public beis hasohar.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

In Context

17But there was an uprising of the Kohen Gadol and all the ones with him of the Tzedukim kat, and they were filled with kinah.

19And a malach Adonoi (an angel of Hashem) opened the doors of the beis hasohar balailah, and having led them out, said, + 5:19 Gn 16:7; Ex 3:2; Ps 34:7

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Cross References

Luke 21:12But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and bring redifot (persecutions) on you, handing you over to the shuls and the batei hasohar (prisons), being led away before melachim (kings) and moshelim (governors) because of my Name (Yehoshua, Yeshua).

Acts 8:3But Rav Sha'ul was making havoc of the Moshiachʼs Kehillah, barging in bais by bais, dragging off both anashim and nashim, and delivering them over to the beis hasohar.

Acts 16:23And having inflicted klop after klop upon these Jewish men, they threw Rav Sha'ul and Sila into the beis hasohar, giving orders to the soher to guard them securely.

Hebrews 11:36And others underwent the nisayon of cruel mockings and scourgings, also the sharsherot (chains) and the beis hasohar.

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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