Acts 5:21
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.
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In Context
20Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
22But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,
Cross References
Psalms 105:22To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
Luke 21:37And in the day-time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
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 morrow, 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 doubted of them to what this would grow.
Acts 5:34Then stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little 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 →