Acts 5:18

and they apprehended the apostles, and threw them into the public prison.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

In Context

17This aroused bitter indignation among the high priest and his followers who were of the sect of the Sadducees,

19But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors during the night, and let them out.

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Cross References

Luke 21:12"But before all these things happen, they will apprehend you and persecute you and deliver you to the synagogues and to prisons, and bring you before kings and governors for the sake of my name.

Acts 8:3But Saul was laying waste the church. He was wont to enter into every house, and to drag off men and women, and to commit them to prison.

Acts 16:23had many lashes inflicted upon them, and put them in prison, with a charge to the jailer to keep them safe.

Hebrews 11:36Others again bore trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, even of chains and imprisonment.

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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