Acts 5:21
When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, all the elders of the people of Israel, and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought.
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20“Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life.”
22But the officers that went did not find them in the prison, and they returned and reported,
Cross References
Psalms 105:22to instruct his princes as he wished 1 and to teach his elders wisdom. 1
Luke 21:37So during the days he was teaching in the temple, and at night he went out and stayed on the Mount of Olives.
John 8:2Early in the morning he came to the temple again, and all the people came; he sat down and taught them.
Acts 4:5It came about on the next day that their rulers, elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem.
Acts 5:24Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed concerning them as to what would come of it.
Acts 5:34But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up and commanded the apostles to be taken outside for a little while.
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 →