Acts 5:27
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
Acts 5:27 in other translations
| BSB | They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them. |
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| WEB | When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them, |
| ASV | And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, |
| YLT | and having brought them, they set them in the sanhedrim, and the chief priest questioned them, |
| DARBY | And they bring them and set them in the council. And the high priest asked them, |
| BBE | And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them, |
| Webster | And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, |
What does Acts 5:27 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 5:27-28
Ac 5:27-42. Second Appearance and Testimony before the Sanhedrin--Its Rage Calmed by Gamaliel--Being Dismissed, They Depart Rejoicing, and Continue Their Preaching.
27-28. ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine--noble testimony to the success of their preaching, and (for the reason mentioned on Ac 4:4) to the truth of their testimony, from reluctant lips!Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 5:26-33
Many will do an evil thing with daring, yet cannot bear to hear of it afterward, or to have it charged upon them. We cannot expect to be redeemed and healed by Christ, unless we give up ourselves to be ruled by him. Faith takes the Saviour in all his offices, who came, not to save us in our sins, but to save us from our sins. Had Christ been exalted to give dominion to Israel, the chief priests would have welcomed…
Acts 5:27 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 5:27
- Matthew 5:22
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
- Acts 6:12
And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
- Acts 22:30-23:1
On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them. And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
- Acts 4:7
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
- Luke 22:66
And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
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Context
- 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.
- Acts 5:27
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
- Acts 5:28
Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
Acts 5:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y como los trajeron, los presentaron en el concilio: y el príncipe de los sacerdotes les preguntó, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les ayant amenés, ils les présentèrent devant le sanhédrin. Et le souverain sacrificateur les interrogea, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie führten sie aber herbei und stellten sie vor das Synedrium; und der Hohepriester befragte sie |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et cum adduxissent illos, statuerunt in concilio: et interrogavit eos princeps sacerdotum, |