Acts 5:26

On this the officer went off with his men and fetched them, not, however, by force, for they were afraid that the people would stone them.

Montgomery 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

25And some one came and told them that the very men whom they had put in prison were standing in the Temple, and teaching to the people.

27So they brought them, and stood them before the Sanhedrin. Then the high priest questioned them.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:5And although he wished to kill John, he feared the people, for they considered Johna prophet.

Matthew 26:5but said they, "Not during the feast, for fear of causing a riot among the people."

Luke 20:19At this the Scribes and the high priests were seeking to arrest him; only they were afraid of the people. For they perceived that he had referred to them in this parable.

Acts 4:21So when they had further threatened them they let the apostles go, being quite unable to find any way of punishing them because of the people, for everybody was glorifying God over what had happened.

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.

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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