Acts 5:24

Now 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.

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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 jail securely shut and the guards standing at the door, but when we had opened it, we found no one inside.”

25Then someone came and told them, “The men whom you put in the jail are standing in the temple and teaching the people.”

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:1Who has believed what they heard from us, and to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? 1

Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be conquered by another people. It will break the other kingdoms into pieces and put an end to all of them, and it will remain forever.

Mark 4:30Again he said, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to explain it?

Luke 22:52Jesus said to the chief priests, to the captains of the temple, and to elders who came against him, “Do you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

John 12:19The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “Look, you can do nothing; see, the world has gone after him.”

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