Acts 5:21

And in the morning, they went and entered into the temple, and taught. And the high priest and those with him, convoked their associates and the Elders of Israel, and sent to the prison to bring forth the legates.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel and sent to the prison to have them brought.

In Context

20Go, stand in the temple, and speak to the people all these words of life.

22And when those sent by them went, they found them not in the prison; and they returned and came back,

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Cross References

Luke 21:37And, in the daytime he taught in the temple, and at night he went out and lodged in the mount, called the Place of Olives.

John 8:2And in the morning he came again to the temple; and all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

Acts 4:5And the next day, the rulers and the Elders and the Scribes assembled;

Acts 5:24And when the chief priests and rulers of the temple heard these words, they were astonished at them; and they studied what this could mean.

Acts 5:34Then rose up one of the Pharisees whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, and honored by all the people; and he directed them to put the legates aside for a short time.

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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