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Passage Lookup: Acts 5:17-26
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Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
Acts 5:17
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
Acts 5:18
- Variant Count: 1 (8%)
They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out.
Acts 5:19
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out.
"Go, stand in the temple courts," he said, "and tell the people the full message of this new life."
Acts 5:20
- Variant Count: 7 (38%)
"Go, stand in the temple courts," he said, "and tell the people all about this new life."
At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people.
Acts 5:21
- Variant Count: 20 (43%)
At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.
When the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—andaesent to the jail for the apostles. But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they went back and reported,
Acts 5:22
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they went back and reported,
"We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside."
Acts 5:23
- Variant Count: 2 (8%)
"We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside."
On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were puzzled, wondering what would come of this.
Acts 5:24
- Variant Count: 7 (28%)
On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss, wondering what this might lead to.
Then someone came and said, "Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people."
Acts 5:25
- Variant Count: 3 (13%)
Then someone came and said, "Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people."
At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them.
Acts 5:26
- Variant Count: 1 (3%)
At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them.
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