Acts 5:25

25 Then came one and shewed them: beholde ye men yt ye put in preson stonde in the teple and teache the people.

Acts 5:25 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 5:25

Then came one and told them, saying
Who this man was, is of no consequence to know; it can hardly be thought that he was one of the number of the disciples, or a member of the church, or a professor of the Christian religion; but rather an enemy, and one that sought his own interest, and to obtain the favour and affection of the chief priests and elders, and therefore very officiously came to them, and reported as follows:

behold, the men whom ye put in prison,
last night,

are standing in the temple;
openly and publicly, and without fear;

and teaching the people;
in the name of Jesus, which the sanhedrim had forbid them to do.

Acts 5:25 In-Context

23 sayinge: the preson founde we shut as sure as was possible and the kepers stondynge with out before ye dores. But whe we had opened we founde no man with in.

24 When the chefe prest of all and the ruler of the temple and the hye prestes hearde these thinges they douted of them whervnto this wolde growe.

25 Then came one and shewed them: beholde ye men yt ye put in preson stonde in the teple and teache the people.

26 Then went the ruler of the teple with ministers and brought the with out violence. For they feared the people lest they shuld have bene stoned.

27 And when they had brought them they set them before the counsell. And ye chefe preste axed the