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Acts 5:18 KJV
Acts · chapter 5 · verse 18
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.Acts 5:18 · King James Version
Acts 5:18 in context
16There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
17Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
18And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
19But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
20Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- apostlesapostolosa delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders, specifically applied to the twelve…G652 →
- commondēmosiosbelonging to the people or state, public, publicly, in public places, in full view of allG1219 →
- handscheirby the help or agency of any one, by means of any one, fig. applied to God symbolising…G5495 →
- laidepiballōto cast upon, to lay upon, used of seizing one to lead him off as a prisoner, to put on…G1911 →
- puttithēmito set, put, place, to place or lay, to put down, lay down, to bend down, to lay off or…G5087 →
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Never did any good work go on with any hope of success, but it met with opposition; those that are bent to do mischief cannot be reconciled to those who make it their business to do good. Satan, the destroyer of mankind, ever was, and will be, an adversary to those who are the benefactors of mankind;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-25