Acts 5:24

Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

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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 prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”

25One came and told them, “Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.”

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our message? To whom has the LORD’s arm been revealed?

Daniel 2:44“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.

Mark 4:30He said, “How will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?

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

John 12:19The Pharisees therefore said amongst themselves, “See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.”

Acts 4:1As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple 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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