Acts 5 · Verse 25

Acts 5:25

Then 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, King James Version

Acts 5:25 in other translations

BSBThen someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”
WEBOne came and told them, “Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.”
ASVAnd there came one and told them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people.
YLTand coming near, a certain one told them, saying--‘Lo, the men whom ye did put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people;'
DARBYAnd some one coming reported to them, Lo, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.
BBEAnd someone came and said to them, The men, whom you put in prison, are in the Temple teaching the people.
WebsterThen came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

What does Acts 5:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 5:24-26

24-26. they doubted--"were in perplexity."

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Then came one and told them - While they were in the perplexity mentioned above, a messenger surprised them with the information that the very men whom they had imprisoned the preceding night were standing in the temple and teaching the people!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 5:17-25

There is no prison so dark, so strong, but God can visit his people in it, and, if he pleases, fetch them out. Recoveries from sickness, releases out of trouble, are granted, not that we may enjoy the comforts of life, but that God may be honoured with the services of our life. It is not for the preachers of Christ's gospel to retire into corners, as long as they can have any opportunity of preaching in the great…

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Acts 5:25 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

παραγενόμενοςparagenomenosHaving comeG3854
δέdethenG1161
τιςtisa certain oneG5100
ἀπήγγειλενapēngeilenhe reportedG518
αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846
ὅτιhotithatG3754
ἰδοὺidouBeholdG2400
οἱhoitheG3588
ἄνδρεςandresmenG435
οὓςhouswhomG3739
ἔθεσθεethestheyou putG5087
ἐνeninG1722
τῇtēatheG3588
φυλακῇ,phulakēaprisonG5438
εἰσὶνeisinareG1510
ἐνeninG1722
τῷtōtheG3588
ἱερῷhi'erōtempleG2411
ἑστῶτεςhestōtesalready standingG2476
καὶkaiandG2532
διδάσκοντεςdidaskontesteachingG1321
τὸνtontheG3588
λαόν.¶laonpeople!G2992

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Behold.
18-21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Acts 5:24

    Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

  • Acts 5:25

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

  • Acts 5:26

    Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

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Acts 5:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Pero viniendo uno, dióles esta noticia: He aquí, los varones que echasteis en la cárcel, están en el templo, y enseñan al pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Or quelqu’un arriva et leur rapporta: Voilà, les hommes que vous avez mis en prison sont au temple et enseignent le peuple.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Es kam aber einer und berichtete ihnen: Siehe, die Männer, die ihr ins Gefängnis gesetzt habt, sind im Tempel, stehen und lehren das Volk.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Adveniens autem quidam, nuntiavit eis: Quia ecce viri quos posuistis in carcerem, sunt in templo, stantes et docentes populum.