Acts 5:26
So the captain went with the officers, and brought them back, but without violence, for they feared that the people might stone them.
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27When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest interrogated them,
Cross References
Matthew 14:5Herod would have put him to death, but he feared the people, because they regarded him as a prophet.
Matthew 26:5For they were saying, “Not during the feast, so that a riot does not arise among the people.”
Luke 20:19So the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour, for they knew that he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.
Acts 4:21After further warning Peter and John, they let them go. They were unable to find any excuse to punish them, because all of the people were praising God for what had been done.
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.
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 →