NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 25

Acts 5:25

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One came and told them, “Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.”

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Acts 5:22–28

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But the officers who came didn’t find them in the prison. They returned and reported,

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“We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”

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Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

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One came and told them, “Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.”

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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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When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

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saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”

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