Acts 5:26

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Then the captain, having gone away with the officers, was bringing them, not with force—for they were afraid of the people, lest they might be stoned.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 5

²⁴ When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.

²⁵ Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

²⁶ At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.

²⁷ They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.

²⁸ “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

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