Acts 5:24

Now when they heard these words, both the priest and captain of the temple and the chief priests were in the utmost perplexity concerning these things, what could be the meaning of it.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

In Context

23saying; The prison indeed found we fast locked with all security, and the guards standing without, before the door: but when we opened it, we found no person within.

25Then came a person and informed them, saying, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

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Cross References

Mark 4:30And he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God, and under what parabolic figure shall I represent it?

Luke 22:52Then said Jesus to the chief priests and captains of the temple, and to the elders who were come forth against him, Are ye come out as against a robber, with swords and staves?

John 12:19Then said the Pharisees among themselves, Do ye not perceive that ye gain no advantage? behold, the world is gone after him.

Acts 4:1AND as they were thus speaking, the priests, and the captain of the temple-guard, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

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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