Acts 5:26

So the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force, for they were afraid the people might stone them.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

In Context

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

27After bringing the apostles in, they had them stand before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest asked them,

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Cross References

Matthew 14:5Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the crowd, because they regarded John as a prophet.

Matthew 26:5But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be a riot among the people.”

Luke 20:19Then the chief priests and the scribes wanted to arrest him at that very hour, for they knew he had spoken this parable against them, but they were afraid.

Acts 4:21So after threatening Peter and John further, they released them, finding no way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.

Acts 5:24When 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.

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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