Acts 5:27 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁷ And so they brought them in [to their headquarters] to appear before the Council [for questioning]. The head priest spoke to them, [saying],

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ So they brought them and set them before the council (Sanhedrin). And the high priest examined them by questioning,

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²⁷ The apostles were brought before the council where the high priest confronted them:

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And when they had brought them, they stood them before the council. And the high priest questioned them,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Acts 5:27 Cross References

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that every person who is angry toward his brother will be subject to judgment; and whoever calls his brother ‘stupid idiot’ is subject to [being sentenced by] the [Jewish] Council, and whoever says, ‘go to hell’ is subject to going to the fire of hell [himself].

Luke 22:66

And when it became daylight, the body of [Jewish] elders of the people, [consisting of] both leading priests and experts in the Law of Moses, was gathered together. Then they led Jesus away to their Council [called the “Sanhedrin”], and asked Him,

Acts 22:30

But the next day the commander released Paul [from the chains] because he wanted to know what specific charges the Jews had against him. So, he ordered the leading priests and the entire [Jewish] Council to assemble, then brought Paul down and placed him in front of them.

Acts 4:7

And when these men had Peter and John brought before them, they asked, “By whose authority or in what name have you done this thing [i.e., healed the crippled man]?”

Acts 5:21

And when the apostles heard this, they entered the Temple about dawn and began teaching [about Jesus]. [A little later] the head priest and the Sadducees [see verse 17] called the Council [i.e., the Sanhedrin] and all of the ruling body of Jewish leaders together and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought in to them [for further questioning].

Acts 5:34

But [then] Gamaliel, a Council member, who was a Pharisee [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion], and an expert in the Law of Moses and highly regarded by all the people, stood up and ordered the apostles to step outside [of the Council meeting] briefly.

Acts 6:12

And they stirred up the people, the elders and the teachers of the Law of Moses and searched for him, seized him and brought him before the Council.