"Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should…" — Acts 5:26

Acts 5:26 · KJV

“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

Verse 25

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

Verse 27

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

Acts 5 — Context

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.

Cross References

Acts 5:13

And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

Acts 4:21

So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all {men} glorified God for that which was done.

Acts 5:24

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.

Luke 22:2

And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

Matthew 26:5

But they said, Not on the feast {day}, lest there be an uproar among the people.

Luke 20:19

And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

Matthew 14:5

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

Matthew 21:26

But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.