Acts 5:26

The Apostles Arrested And Imprisoned

²⁵ But some one came and told them, Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. ²⁶  Then the commander going away with the officers brought them without violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned; ²⁷ and having brought them they placed them before the Sanhedrim. And the chief priest asked them,

They Were Afraid

Acts 5:13

and no one of the rest dared to join them, but the people magnified them;

Acts 4:21

And threatening them still further, they dismissed them, not being able to punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for what was done;

Matthew 14:5

And he wished to kill him; but feared the people, because they regarded him as a prophet.

Matthew 21:26

But if we say from men, we fear the multitude, for all regard John as a prophet.

Matthew 26:5

But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be a tumult among the people.

Luke 20:6

But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us; for they are persuaded that John is a prophet.

Luke 20:19

And the scribes and chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that time; and they feared the people; for they knew that he spoke this parable to them.

Luke 22:2

And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might destroy him, for they feared the people.

Acts 5:24

And when they heard these words, both the priest and the commander of the temple and the chief priests doubted concerning them, what this could mean.