Acts 5:26

WEB

²⁶Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

KJV

²⁶Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

BSB

²⁶At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.

FBV

²⁶So the captain went with his guards and brought them in, but did not use force because they were afraid that the people would stone them.

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Extra References

Acts 5:13

¹³None of the rest dared to join them; however, the people honored them.

Acts 4:21

²¹When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

Matthew 14:5

⁵When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

Luke 22:2

²The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

Matthew 26:5

⁵But they said, “Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.”

Acts 5:24

²⁴Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

Matthew 21:26

²⁶But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”

Luke 20:19

¹⁹The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

Luke 20:6

⁶But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”