Acts 5:26

Then the captain along with the officers, having gone away, led them, not with violence, for they feared the people lest they might be stoned.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

In Context

25And a certain one coming announced to them, Behold, the men whom you placed in the prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.

27And leading them, they placed them in the council, and the chief priests asked them, saying,

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Cross References

Matthew 14:5And wishing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because they esteemed him as a prophet.

Matthew 26:5But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.

Luke 20:19And the chief priests and scribes sought to lay hands on Him at this hour, and feared the people; for they knew that He spoke this parable against them.

Acts 4:21And they having threatened them, in addition sent them away, finding nothing to the end that they can punish them, on account of the people, because all continued to glorify God over that which had taken place;

Acts 5:24And when the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were at a loss concerning them, what this might be.

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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