Acts 5:21
When they heard this they went at early dawn to the Temple, and began to teach. Meantime when the high priest and his followers arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin and all the Council of the Elders of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to fetch the apostles.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
22But the officers who went did not find them in the prison; so they came back and reported,
Cross References
Luke 21:37And each day he was habitually in the Temple teaching, and at night he used to go out and lodge on the mount called the Olives Orchards.
John 8:2At dawn, however, he came back to the Temple, where the people came to him in crowds. He had taken his seat and was teaching them,
Acts 4:5There was held in Jerusalem, next morning, a meeting of their rulers, the elders and scribes,
Acts 5:24When the officer in charge of the Temple and the high priest heard these words, they were perplexed concerning them, wondering what would come of it.
Acts 5:34but Gamaliel, a Pharisee, a teacher of the law, and held in honor by all the people, rose from his seat, and ordered the apostles to be put outside for a little while.
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 →