Acts 5:26 — Meaning and Application

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

Acts 5:26

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Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

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

And when they had brought them, they set {them} before the council: and the high priest asked them,

Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

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Acts 5:1

"But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,"

Acts 5:2

"And kept back {part} of the price, his wife also being privy {to it}, and brought a certain part, and laid {it} at the apostles' feet."

Acts 5:3

"But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back {part} of the price of the land? {to lie to: or, to deceive}"

Acts 5:4

"Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God."

Acts 5:5

"And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things."

Acts 5:6

"And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried {him} out, and buried {him}."

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