Acts 5:26

Then went the captain, with the officers, and brought them; not forcibly, for they were afraid of the people, lest they should stone them.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

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

27But when they had conducted them, they placed them in the sanhedrim: and the high-priest interrogated them,

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Cross References

Matthew 14:5And though he wished to kill him, he was afraid of the multitude, for they held him as a prophet.

Matthew 26:5But they said, Not on the feast-day, lest there be a tumult among the people.

Luke 20:19And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him at that time; and were afraid of the people: for they knew that he had spoken this parable against them.

Acts 4:21Then they with many additional threatenings dismissed them, finding no pretext how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for what had been done.

Acts 5:24Now 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.

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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