Acts 5:18

And they laid hands on the legates, and took and bound them in prison.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17And the high priest was filled with indignation, and all those with him who were of the doctrine of the Sadducees.

19Then the angel of the Lord, by night, opened the door of the prison, and let them out; and said to them:

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Cross References

Luke 21:12But before all these things, they will lay hands upon you, and will persecute you, and will deliver you up to councils and to prison, and will arraign you before kings and governors, on account of my name.

Acts 8:3And Saul persecuted the church of God, entering houses, and dragging forth men and women and committing them to prison.

Acts 16:23And when they had scourged them much, they cast them into the prison, and commanded the keeper of the prison to keep them with care.

Hebrews 11:36and others endured mockings and, scourgings; others were delivered up to bonds and prisons;

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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