Acts 5:24

And as the magistrates of the temple, and the princes of (the) priests heard these words, they doubted of them, what was done. (And when the Temple magistrate, and the high priests, heard these words, they wondered, what had become of them.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

In Context

23and said, We found the prison shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing at the gates (or and the guards standing at the gates); but we opened (it), and found no man therein.

25But a man came, and told to them, For lo! those men which ye have put into prison, be in the temple, and stand (there), and teach the people.

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:1Who believed to our hearing? (or Who hath believed our report?) and to whom is the arm of the Lord showed?

Daniel 2:44Forsooth in the days of those realms, (the) God of heaven shall raise (up) a realm, that shall not be destroyed without end, and his realm shall not be given to another people; it shall make less, and (shall) waste all these realms, and it shall stand without end,

Mark 4:30And he said, To what thing shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what parable shall we comparison it?

Luke 22:52And Jesus said to them, that came to him, the princes of (the) priests, and (the) magistrates [or the masters] of the temple, and (the) elder men, As to a thief ye have gone out with swords and staves? (And Jesus said to those, who came to take hold of him, the high priests, and the magistrates, or the officials, of the Temple, and the elders, You have gone out with swords and bats, or clubs, like after a thief?)

John 12:19Therefore the Pharisees said to themselves, Ye see, that we profit nothing; lo! all the world hath gone after him.

Acts 4:1And while they spake to the people, the priests and the magistrates of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,

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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