Acts 5:26
Then went the rulers with the satellites to bring them, not with violence, for they feared lest the people should stone them;
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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Matthew 14:5And he would have killed him, but he feared the people, because as a prophet they held him.
Matthew 26:5And they said, Let it not be on the festival, lest there be a tumult among the people.
Luke 20:19But the chief priests and Sophree sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; but they feared the people, for they knew that concerning them(selves) he had spoken this parable.
Acts 4:21And they threatened them, and dismissed them; for they could not find cause to lay upon their head, because of the people; for every one glorified Aloha for that which had been done.
Acts 5:24And when the chief priests and rulers of the temple heard these words, they were astounded by them, and reasoned, what this was.
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 →