Acts 5
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Acts 5:17-21

17ThenG1161 theG3588 high priestG749 andG2532 allG3956 his associatesG3588G4862G846, whoG3588 belongedG1510 to theG3588 partyG139 of the SadduceesG4523, were filledG4130 with jealousyG2205. They went outG450 18andG2532 arrestedG1911G3588G5495G1909 theG3588 apostlesG652 andG2532 putG5087 themG846 inG1722 the publicG1219 jailG5084. 19ButG1161 duringG1223 the nightG3571 an angelG32 of the LordG2962 openedG455 theG3588 doorsG2374 of theG3588 jailG5438 and brought them outG846G1806, sayingG2036, 20“GoG4198, standG2476 inG1722 theG3588 templeG2411 courts1 and tellG2980 theG3588 peopleG2992 theG3588 fullG3956 messageG4487 ofG3588 thisG3778 new lifeG2222.”

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AtG5259 daybreakG3722 the apostles enteredG1525G1519 theG3588 templeG2411 courts as they had been toldG191 andG2532 began to teachG1321 the people.

When theG3588 high priestG749 andG2532 his associatesG3588G4862G846 arrivedG3854, they convenedG4779 theG3588 SanhedrinG48922—theG3588 fullG3956 assemblyG1087 of theG3588 elders of IsraelG5207G2474—andG2532 sentG649 toG1519 theG3588 jailG1201 for the apostles.

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 5:20 Literally the temple; also in verses 21, 25, and 42 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 5:21 Or the Council; also in verses 27, 34, and 41 ↩

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