Acts 5:27

When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

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In The King James Version

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

In Context

26Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

28saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”

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Cross References

Luke 22:66As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people were gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

Acts 6:12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, then brought him in to the council,

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:27-42

The Seizing of the Apostles; The Examination of the Apostles; The Advice of Gamaliel. 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. 29… Read the whole commentary →

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