Acts 5:26
Then the captain went with the officers and brought them, but not with violence; for they were afraid of the people least they should be stoned:
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
27and when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,
Cross References
Matthew 14:5but that he was afraid of the people; for they esteemed him as a prophet.
Matthew 26:5But they said, Not on the feast-day, least there should be a tumult among the people.
Luke 20:19And the chief priests and the scribes would have laid hands on Him at that very time, but were afraid of the people: for they perceived that He had spoken this parable against them.
Acts 4:21So they threatened them more severely, and let them go; not finding how to punish them, because of the people: for they all glorified God for that which was done.
Acts 5:24Now when the high priest, and the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt concerning them, what this would come to;
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 →