Acts 5:20 KJV

Acts · chapter 5 · verse 20

Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.Acts 5:20 · King James Version

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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.

21And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

22But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,

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Commentary

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

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Key words (Strong's)

templehierona sacred place, temple, used of the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, used of the temple at…G2411 →
peoplelaosa people, people group, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language…G2992 →
standhistēmito cause or make to stand, to place, put, set, to bid to stand by, [set up], in the…G2476 →
speaklaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
wordsrhēmathat which is or has been uttered by the living voice, thing spoken, word, any sound…G4487 →
Goporeuōto lead over, carry over, transfer, to pursue the journey on which one has entered, to…G4198 →

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Acts 5:20 KJV

Acts 5:20 in context

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