Acts 5:25

25 But someone came [and] reported to them, "Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple [courts] 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 found the prison locked with all security and the guards standing at the doors, but [when we] opened [them], we found no one inside!"

24 Now when both the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed concerning them, [as to] what this might be.

25 But someone came [and] reported to them, "Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple [courts] and teaching the people!"

26 Then the captain went with the officers [and] brought them, not with force (for they were afraid of the people, lest they be stoned [by them]).

27 And [when they] had brought them, they made [them] stand in the Sanhedrin, and the high priest put a question to them,

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("came") has been translated as a finite verb
• [b]. *Here "[courts]" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself