Acts 5:21
When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and taught. But the high priest and those who were with him came and called the council together, with all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
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In Context
20“Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.”
22But the officers who came didn’t find them in the prison. They returned and reported,
Cross References
Psalms 105:22to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
Luke 21:37Every day Yeshua was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
John 8:2Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down and taught them.
Acts 4:5In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.
Acts 5:24Now 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.
Acts 5:34But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Torah, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the emissaries out 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 →