Acts 5:18

and they laid hands on the apostles, and apprehended and bound them in the house of the bound.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

In Context

17And the chief of the priests, and they who were with him, who were of the doctrine of the Zadukoyee, were filled with envy,

19Then in the night the angel of the Lord opened the gate of the house of the bound, and brought them forth, and said to them,

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Cross References

Luke 21:12But before all these, they will lay hands upon you, and persecute you, and deliver you up to the synagogues, and to the house of the bound. And they will bring you before kings and governors on account of my name.

Acts 8:3BUT Shaol persecuted the church of Aloha, going to the houses, and drawing men and women delivered them to the house of the bound.

Acts 16:23And when they had scourged them much, they cast them into the house of the bound, and commanded the keeper of the house of the bound to keep them watchfully.

Hebrews 11:36But others went through mockings and scourgings; others unto chains and imprisonments were given up,

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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