Acts 5:21
And when they heard that, they entered the temple early in the morning, and taught. Now the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, the full senate of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
20Go, stand in the temple and declare to the people all the words of this life.
22But when the officers arrived, and did not find them in the prison, they returned, and reported,
Cross References
Luke 21:37Now in the daytime he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and stayed on the mount that is called Olivet.
John 8:2And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down, and taught them.
Acts 4:5And it came to pass on the next day, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
Acts 5:24Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they were perplexed and wondered what would come of this.
Acts 5:34But then there stood up in the council a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who had a good reputation among all the people, and he commanded that the apostles be put outside for a while;
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 →