Acts 5:26

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The captain went with some of the temple police and brought the apostles back. But they did not use force. They were afraid that the people might start throwing stones at them.

Cross References

Acts 5:13

No one outside their group dared join them, even though everyone liked them very much.

Acts 4:21

The officials could not find any reason to punish Peter and John. So they threatened them and let them go. The man who was healed by this miracle was more than forty years old, and everyone was praising God for what had happened.

Acts 5:24

The captain of the temple police and the chief priests listened to their report, but they did not know what to think about it.

Luke 22:2

The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were looking for a way to get rid of Jesus, because they were afraid of what the people might do.

Luke 20:19

The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses knew that Jesus was talking about them when he was telling this story. They wanted to arrest him at once, but they were afraid of the people.

Luke 20:6

And we can't say that it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize. The crowd will stone us to death, because they think John was a prophet.”

Matthew 26:5

But they said, “We must not do it during Passover, because the people will riot.”

Matthew 21:26

On the other hand, these people think that John was a prophet, and we are afraid of what they might do to us. That's why we can't say that it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize.”

Matthew 14:5

Herod wanted to kill John. But the people thought John was a prophet, and Herod was afraid of what they might do.

Matthew 26:58

But Peter followed along at a distance and came to the courtyard of the high priest's palace. He went in and sat down with the guards to see what was going to happen.

Luke 22:4

Judas went to talk with the chief priests and the officers of the temple police about how he could help them arrest Jesus.

Acts 5:22

The temple police who were sent to the jail did not find the apostles. They returned and said,

Acts 5:25

Just then someone came in and said, “Now those men you put in jail are in the temple, teaching the people!”