Acts 5:27

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

In Context

26Then went the rulers with attendants, to bring them without violence; for they feared, lest the people should stone them.

28Did we not strictly charge you, to teach no person in this name? And behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine; and ye would bring the blood of this man upon us.

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Cross References

Luke 22:66And when the day dawned, the Elders and chief priests and Scribes assembled together; and they led him to the place of their meeting,

Acts 6:12And they excited the people, and the Elders, and the Scribes; and they came, and rose upon him, and seized him, and carried him into the midst of the council.

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:27-42

The Seizing of the Apostles; The Examination of the Apostles; The Advice of Gamaliel. 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. 29… Read the whole commentary →

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