Yes, you will [even] be brought in front of governors and kings for being loyal to me. [This will give you an opportunity] for witnessing to them [as well] as to the [unconverted] Gentiles.
Acts 5:25 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) [Just then] someone came in and said, “Look, the men you put in jail are [now] standing in the Temple teaching people.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But some man came and reported to them, saying, Listen! The men whom you put in jail are standing [right here] in the temple and teaching the people! American Standard Version (1901) And there came one and told them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people. Common English Bible Just then, someone arrived and announced, “Look! The people you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!” Catholic Public Domain Version But someone arrived and reported to them, "Behold, the men whom you placed in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But one came and told them: Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple standing, and teaching the people. |
Yes, you will [even] be brought in front of governors and kings for being loyal to me. [This will give you an opportunity] for witnessing to them [as well] as to the [unconverted] Gentiles.
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
Now Peter and John were going to the Temple at three o’clock one afternoon [Note: Jewish time calculations are employed here], during the regular [Jewish] prayer hour.
Now when the captain of the Temple [guard] and the leading priests heard about this, they became frustrated over how far this [teaching] would [eventually] spread.
[Immediately] the captain, with his officers, went [to the Temple] and brought the apostles back again, but did not use any violence because they feared that the people might stone them.