Acts 5:26

Then went the rulers with attendants, to bring them without violence; for they feared, lest the people should stone them.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 one came and informed them: Those men, whom ye shut up in the prison, lo, they are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

27And when they had brought them, they placed them before the whole council; and the high priest began to say to them:

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Cross References

Matthew 14:5And he had wished to kill him; but he was afraid of the people, seeing that they regarded him as a prophet.

Matthew 26:5But they said: Not on the festival, lest there be a commotion among the people.

Luke 20:19And the chief priests and Scribes sought to lay hands on him, at that time; but they were afraid of the people; for they knew, that he spoke this similitude against them.

Acts 4:21And they threatened them, and dismissed them. For they found no ground for punishing them, because of the people: for every one praised God for what had been done;

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.

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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