Acts 5:24

When the high priest, the captain of the temple guard, and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly perplexed by it, wondering what might come of this.

Text-Critical English NT

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

23“We found the prison locked up in complete security and the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened the doors, we found no one inside.”

25Then someone came and told them, “Behold, the men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

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Cross References

Mark 4:30Then Jesus said, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it?

Luke 22:52Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple, and the elders who had come out against him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against a robber?

John 12:19So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are achieving nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.”

Acts 4:1As Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple guard, and the Sadducees came to 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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