{"id":1377,"date":"2011-06-25T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2022-02-05T09:52:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T15:52:55","slug":"acts-517-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1377","title":{"rendered":"Acts 5:17-24"},"content":{"rendered":"

17 Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with indignation, <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

18 and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

19 But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

20 “Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life.”<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

21 And when they heard that, they entered the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest and those with him came and called the council together, with all the elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

22 But when the officers came and did not find them in the prison, they returned and reported,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

23 saying, “Indeed we found the prison shut securely, and the guards standing outside before the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

24 Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these things, they wondered what the outcome would be.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

The apostles were arrested and treated as criminals as a result of their healing of the crowd. The Sadducees denied the resurrection and would lose their authority and influence if the people believed in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.<\/h3>\n

high priest (v.17) \u2014 Annas or Caiaphas<\/h3>\n

all those who were with him (v.17) \u2014 his party, the Sadducees<\/h3>\n

sect (v.17) = religious party<\/h3>\n

indignation (v.17) = jealousy (at their loss of authority)\u2014 meaning includes envy and zeal<\/h3>\n

apostles (v.18) \u2014 probably all 12 of them this time<\/h3>\n

common prison (v.18) \u2014 public ward\u2014 an ignominious treatment<\/h3>\n

angel (v.19) \u2014 the Sadducees denied the existence of angels. The angel opened the prison doors \u2014 and shut them (v.23)<\/h3>\n

early in the morning (v.21) \u2014 daybreak, first light, when the temple was first opened<\/h3>\n

taught (v.21) = continued to teach<\/h3>\n

council (v.21) \u2014 the Sanhedrin<\/h3>\n

elders (v.21) \u2014 probably a group of influential men, in addition to the Sanhedrin, who were called in for important matters \u2014 probably the same as the “council of the elders” in Acts 22:5<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

officers (v.22) \u2014 the temple guard<\/h3>\n

shut securely (v.23) \u2014 There was no evidence or awareness of the apostle’s release from prison.<\/h3>\n

captain of the temple (v.24) \u2014 see Acts 4:1<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

wondered (v.24) \u2014 perplexed, at their wits’ end with no idea how to deal with the situation<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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