26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
26 Then G5119 went G565 the captain G4755 with G4862 the officers, G5257 and brought G71 them G846 without G3756 G3326 violence: G970 for G1063 they feared G5399 the people, G2992 lest G3363 they should have been stoned. G3034
26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, `but' without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.
26 then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;
26 Then the captain, having gone with the officers, brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.
26 Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.
26 Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.
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Commentary on Acts 5 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 5
In this chapter we have,
Act 5:1-11
The chapter begins with a melancholy but, which puts a stop to the pleasant and agreeable prospect of things which we had in the foregoing chapters; as every man, so every church, in its best state has its but.
Act 5:12-16
We have here an account of the progress of the gospel, notwithstanding this terrible judgment inflicted upon two hypocrites.
Act 5:17-25
Never did any good work go on with any hope of success, but it met with opposition; those that are bent to do mischief cannot be reconciled to those who make it their business to do good. Satan, the destroyer of mankind, ever was, and will be, an adversary to those who are the benefactors of mankind; and it would have been strange if the apostles had gone on thus teaching and healing and had had no check. In these verses we have the malice of hell and the grace of heaven struggling about them, the one to drive them off from this good work, the other to animate them in it,
Act 5:26-42
We are not told what it was that the apostles preached to the people; no doubt it was according to the direction of the angel-the words of this life; but what passed between them and the council we have here an account of; for in their sufferings there appeared more of a divine power and energy than even in their preaching. Now here we have,