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Acts 5:27 KJV
Acts · chapter 5 · verse 27
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,Acts 5:27 · King James Version
Acts 5:27 in context
25Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
28Saying, 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.
29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- broughtagōto lead, take with one, to lead by laying hold of, and this way to bring to the point of…G71 →
- councilsynedrionany assembly , whether convened to deliberate or pass judgment, any session or assembly…G4892 →
- beforeenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- priestarchiereuschief priest, high priest, the high priests, these comprise in addition to one holding…G749 →
- askedeperōtaōto accost one with an enquiry, put a question to, enquiry of, ask, interrogate, to…G1905 →
- sethistēmito cause or make to stand, to place, put, set, to bid to stand by, [set up], in the…G2476 →
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We are not told what it was that the apostles preached to the people; no doubt it was according to the direction of the angel - the words of this life; but what passed between them and the council we have here an account of;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 26-42