Acts 5:24

The Passion Translation

When the captain of the temple guard and the leading priests heard this report, they were perplexed and at a loss over what to make of it.

Cross References

Isaiah 9:7

Great and vast is his dominion. He will bring immeasurable peace and prosperity. He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom to establish and uphold it by promoting justice and righteousness from this time forward and forevermore. The marvelous passion that the Lord Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, has for his people will ensure that it is finished!

Luke 22:4

He secretly went to the religious hierarchy and the captains of the temple guards to discuss with them how he could betray Jesus and turn him over to their hands.

Luke 22:52

Jesus turned to those who had come to seize him—the ruling priests, the officers of the temple police, and the religious leaders—and said, “Am I a criminal that you come to capture me with clubs and swords? Wasn’t I with you day after day, teaching in the temple courts?

John 12:19

But the Pharisees were disturbed by this and said to each other, “We won’t be able to stop this. The whole world is going to run after him!”

Acts 2:12

They all stood there, dumbfounded and astonished, saying to one another, “What is this phenomenon?”

Acts 4:1

The teaching and preaching of Peter and John angered the priests, the captain of the temple police, and representatives of the Jewish sect of the Sadducees. They were furious that the people were being taught that in Jesus there is a resurrection from the dead. So while Peter and John were still speaking, the Jewish authorities came to the temple courts to oppose them.

Acts 4:21

Since the members of the council couldn’t come up with a crime they could punish them for, they threatened them once more and let them go. All the people praised God, thrilled over the miraculous healing of the crippled man.

Acts 5:23

“We found the jail securely locked and the guards standing by their cell, but when we opened the door, there was no one inside!”

Acts 5:25

Someone came and informed them, “The men you put in prison are out there standing in the temple courts, teaching the people!”

Acts 5:26

So the captain of the temple guard and his officers went to arrest them once again, but without using force, for they were afraid the people would stone them.