Acts 5:25

25 Then there came one 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 "The prison truly found we shut with all safety and the keepers standing outside before the doors; but when we had opened them, we found no man within."

24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they were in doubt about them as to where this would grow.

25 Then there came one 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 went with his officers and brought them without violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,