Acts 5:26

²⁴ When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.

²⁵ Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.

²⁷ They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.

²⁸ “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
KJV: Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
WEB: Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.
ASV: Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, [but] without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.
DARBY: Then the captain, having gone with the officers, brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.
BLB: Then the captain, having gone with the officers, was bringing them, not with force—for they were afraid of the people, lest they might be stoned.

ÅB: Da gikk høvedsmannen avsted med tjenerne og hentet dem, dog ikke med vold; for de fryktet for folket, at de skulle bli steinet.
OTB: Da gikk lederen med sine offiserer og brakte apostlene tilbake uten makt, for de fryktet at folket kunne steine dem.
B1930: Da gikk høvedsmannen avsted med tjenerne og hentet dem, dog ikke med vold; for de fryktet for folket, at de skulde bli stenet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 5:13
Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.
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Acts 4:21
After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.
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Luke 20:19
When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.
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Matthew 21:26
But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”
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Luke 20:6
But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
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Matthew 14:5
Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.
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Luke 22:2
and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death; for they feared the people.
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Acts 5:24
When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
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