Acts 5:26

Then the captain with the officers went, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people might stone them.

Revised King James New Testament

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

25Then someone came and told them, Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

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Cross References

Matthew 14:5And although he would have put him to death, he feared the people, because they counted him as a prophet.

Matthew 26:5But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

Luke 20:19And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that same hour, for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them; but they feared the people.

Acts 4:21So when they had threatened them further, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people: for everyone glorified God for what had been done.

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.

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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