"And when they had brought them, they set {them} before the council: and the high priest asked them," — Acts 5:27

Acts 5:27 · KJV

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

— Acts 5:27

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

Verse 28

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.

Acts 5 — Context

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.

Then Peter and the {other} apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Cross References

Matthew 5:22

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. {Raca: that is, Vain fellow}

Luke 22:66

And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

Acts 4:7

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

Acts 22:30

On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from {his} bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

Acts 6:12

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon {him}, and caught him, and brought {him} to the council,