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Acts 5:21
Acts 5:21 is verse 21 of Acts chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.
Or the Council; also in verses 27, 34, and 41
King James Version
And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
World English Bible
When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and taught. But the high priest and those who were with him came and called the council together, with all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
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Acts 5:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
20 “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
21 At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.
22 But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:
23 “We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Acts 5:25Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”
Luke 21:37Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
Luke 21:38And early in the morning all the people would come to hear Him at the temple.
John 8:2Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.
Acts 5:17Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
Acts 5:24When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
Acts 4:5The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
Acts 4:6along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.
Acts 22:2When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
Acts 22:3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.
Acts 22:15You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
Luke 22:66At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,
John 18:35“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”
Psalms 105:22to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
Acts 4:7They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
Acts 12:18At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
Acts 12:19After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.