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Acts 5:26

24 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.

25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

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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)

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Cross references

  • Acts 5:13

    And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

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  • Acts 4:21

    So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.

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  • Luke 20:19

    And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

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  • Matthew 21:26

    But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

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  • Luke 20:6

    But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.

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  • Matthew 14:5

    And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

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  • Luke 22:2

    And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

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  • Acts 5:24

    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.

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