Acts 5:28
Saying, Did not we straightly commaund you, that ye should not teach in this Name? and behold, ye haue filled Hierusale with your doctrine, and ye would bring this mans blood vpon vs.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
27And when they had brought them, they set them before the Councill, and the chiefe Priest asked them,
29Then Peter and the Apostles answered, and sayd, We ought rather to obey God then men.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:17And when Ahab saw Eliiah, Ahab said vnto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
1 Kings 22:8And the King of Israel said vnto Iehoshaphat, There is yet one man (Michaiah the sonne of Imlah) by whom we may aske counsel of the Lord, but I hate him: for he doeth not prophecie good vnto me, but euill. And Iehoshaphat sayd, Let not the King say so.
Jeremiah 38:4Therefore the Princes sayd vnto the King, We beseech you, let this man be put to death: for thus hee weakeneth the hands of the men of warre that remaine in this citie, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such wordes vnto them: for this man seeketh not the wealth of this people, but the hurt.
Matthew 21:44And whosoeuer shall fall on this stone, he shalbe broken: but on whomsoeuer it shall fall, it will dash him a pieces.
Matthew 27:25Then answered all the people, and saide, His bloud be on vs, and on our children.
Acts 3:14But ye denied the Holy one and the Iust, and desired a murtherer to be giuen you,
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 →