Acts 5:26 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

²⁶ So the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force, for they were afraid the people might stone them.

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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.

Acts 5:26 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 14:5

Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the crowd, because they regarded John as a prophet.

Matthew 21:26

But we are afraid of what the crowd might do if we say, ‘From men,’ for everyone regards John as a prophet.”

Matthew 26:5

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

Matthew 26:58

But Peter was following him at a distance, coming as far as the courtyard of the high priest. After going inside, he sat with the officers to see the outcome.

Luke 20:19

Then the chief priests and the scribes wanted to arrest him at that very hour, for they knew he had spoken this parable against them, but they were afraid.

Luke 20:6

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

Luke 22:2

and the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to get rid of Jesus quietly, for they were afraid of the people.

Luke 22:4

He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers how he might deliver Jesus up to them.

Acts 4:21

So after threatening Peter and John further, they released them, finding no way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.

Acts 5:13

No one else dared to join them, but the people held them in high regard.

Acts 5:22

But when the officers arrived, they did not find them in the prison. So they returned and reported,

Acts 5:24

When the high priest, the captain of the temple guard, and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly perplexed by it, wondering what might come of this.

Acts 5:25

Then someone came and told them, “Behold, the men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”