Acts 5:24

World English Bible (2000)

Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

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  • Acts 4:1 : 1 As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,
  • Acts 5:26 : 26 Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.
  • Acts 4:16-17 : 16 saying, "What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can't deny it. 17 But so that this spreads no further among the people, let's threaten them, that from now on they don't speak to anyone in this name."
  • Acts 4:21 : 21 When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
  • Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
  • Isa 53:1-2 : 1 Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form nor comeliness. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
  • Dan 2:34-35 : 34 You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
  • Dan 2:44-45 : 44 In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. 45 Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter: and the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.
  • Zech 6:12-13 : 12 and speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies, "Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build the temple of Yahweh; 13 even he shall build the temple of Yahweh; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on his throne; and he shall be a priest on his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
  • Mark 4:30-32 : 30 He said, "How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it? 31 It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth, 32 yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow."
  • Luke 22:4 : 4 He went away, and talked with the chief priests and captains about how he might deliver him to them.
  • Luke 22:52 : 52 Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
  • John 11:47-48 : 47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? For this man does many signs. 48 If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation."
  • John 12:19 : 19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him."
  • Acts 2:12 : 12 They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, "What does this mean?"

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  • Acts 5:25-28
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    25One came and told them, "Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people."

    26Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

    27When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

    28saying, "Didn't we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood on us."

  • Acts 5:21-23
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    21When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

    22But the officers who came didn't find them in the prison. They returned and reported,

    23"We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!"

  • Acts 4:1-2
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    1As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,

    2being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

  • 11Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.

  • Acts 4:5-7
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    5It happened in the morning, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

    6Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.

    7When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"

  • 27They came again to Jerusalem, and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders came to him,

  • 12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,

  • 17But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,

  • 1It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, that the priests and scribes came to him with the elders.

  • Acts 4:15-16
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    15But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

    16saying, "What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can't deny it.

  • 1The high priest said, "Are these things so?"

  • 8The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.

  • 23Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

  • 52Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

  • 12They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, "What does this mean?"

  • 14If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry."

  • 23When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

  • 57Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.

  • 53They led Jesus away to the high priest. All the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes came together with him.

  • 35He said to them, "You men of Israel, be careful concerning these men, what you are about to do.

  • 66As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,

  • 2The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

  • 18The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

  • 12In the temple they didn't find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.

  • 57Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

  • 3Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

  • 62The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?"

  • 19He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;

  • Acts 24:6-7
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    6He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him.

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  • 18Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

  • 19The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

  • 47The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

  • 32The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

  • 48They couldn't find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.

  • 60The high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?"

  • 40For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn't be able to give an account of this commotion."

  • 31As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

  • 45The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why didn't you bring him?"

  • 24Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.

  • 20Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,