Acts 5:26 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁶ Then the captain with the officers went and brought them, but without violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ Then the military leader went with the attendants and brought [the prisoners], but without violence, for they dreaded the people lest they be stoned by them.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, but without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

Common English Bible

²⁶ Then the captain left with his guards and brought the apostles back. They didn’t use force because they were afraid the people would stone them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ Then the magistrate, with the attendants, went and brought them without force. For they were afraid of the people, lest they be stoned.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ Then went the officer with the ministers, and brought them without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

Acts 5:26 Cross References

Matthew 14:5

And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.

Matthew 21:26

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the multitude; for all hold that John was a prophet.”

Matthew 26:5

But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people.”

Matthew 26:58

But Peter followed him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and going inside he sat with the guards to see the end.

Luke 20:19

The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on him at that very hour, but they feared the people; for they perceived that he had told this parable against them.

Luke 20:6

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us; for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

Luke 22:2

And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death; for they feared the people.

Luke 22:4

he went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers how he might betray him to them.

Acts 4:21

And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for all men praised God for what had happened.

Acts 5:13

None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high honor.

Acts 5:22

But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, and they returned and reported,

Acts 5:24

Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed about them, wondering what this would come to.

Acts 5:25

And some one came and told them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.”