Acts 5:21
Having received that command they went into the Temple, just before daybreak, and began to teach: So when the High Priest and his party came, and had called together the Sanhedrin as well as all the Elders of the descendants of Israel, they sent to the jail to fetch the Apostles.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
20"Go and stand in the Temple, and go on proclaiming to the people all this Message of Life."
22But the officers went and could not find them in the prison. So they came back and brought word,
Cross References
Luke 21:37His habit at this time was to teach in the Temple by day, but to go out and spend the night on the Mount called the Oliveyard.
John 8:2At break of day however He returned to the Temple, and there the people came to Him in crowds. He seated Himself;
Acts 4:5The next day a meeting was held in Jerusalem of their Rulers, Elders, and Scribes,
Acts 5:24When the Commander of the Temple Guards and the High Priests heard this statement, they were utterly at a loss with regard to it, wondering what would happen next.
Acts 5:34But a Pharisee of the name of Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, held in honour by all the people, rose from his seat and requested that they should be sent outside the court for a few minutes.
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 →