Acts 5:24
Good News Translation
When the chief priests and the officer in charge of the Temple guards heard this, they wondered what had happened to the apostles.

New Revised Standard Version
Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were perplexed about them, wondering what might be going on.

Contemporary English Version
The captain of the temple police and the chief priests listened to their report, but they did not know what to think about it.

New American Bible
When they heard this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss about them, as to what this would come to.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now when the officer of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt concerning them, what would come to pass.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Now when the officer of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt concerning them, what would come to pass.

the captain.

Acts 5:26 Then went the officer with the ministers and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

Acts 4:1 And as they were speaking to the people the priests and the officer of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

Luke 22:4,52 And he went and discoursed with the chief priests and the magistrates, how he might betray him to them. . . .

they.

Acts 2:12 And they were all astonished, and wondered, saying one to another: What meaneth this?

Acts 4:16,17,21 Saying: What shall we do to these men? For indeed a miracle hath been done by them, known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. It is manifest: and we cannot deny it. . . .

John 11:47,48 The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council and said: What do we, for this man doth many miracles? . . .

John 12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves: Do you see that we prevail nothing? Behold, the whole world is gone after him.

this.

Isaiah 9:7 His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Isaiah 53:1,2 Who a hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? . . .

Daniel 2:34,35,44,45 Thus thou sawest, till a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands: and it struck the statue upon the feet thereof that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. . . .

Zechariah 6:12,13 And thou shalt speak to him, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: BEHOLD A MAN, THE ORIENT IS HIS NAME: and under him shall he spring up, and shall build a temple to the Lord. . . .

Mark 4:30-32 And he said: To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what parable shall we compare it? . . .

Context
The Apostles Before the Council
23Saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing before the door: but opening it, we found no man within. 24Now when the officer of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt concerning them, what would come to pass. 25But one came and told them: Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.…
Cross References
Luke 22:4
And he went and discoursed with the chief priests and the magistrates, how he might betray him to them.

Acts 4:1
And as they were speaking to the people the priests and the officer of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

Acts 5:23
Saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing before the door: but opening it, we found no man within.

Acts 5:25
But one came and told them: Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.

Acts 5:26
Then went the officer with the ministers and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

Acts 5:23
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