Acts 5:25

25 Then someone came and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching 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 saying, We certainly found the prison shut with all security and the keepers standing outside before the doors, but when we had opened, we found no one within.

24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the princes of the priests heard these things, they were perplexed regarding what this would come to.

25 Then someone came and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.

26 Then the captain with the officers went and brought them without violence, for they feared being stoned by the people.

27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council, and the prince of the priests asked them,