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Acts 5:27

when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Court;   Defense;   Government;   Minister, Christian;   Persecution;   Peter;   Priest;   Prisoners;   Sadducees;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Courts of Justice;   High Priest, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Courage;   Persecution;   Pharisees;   Resurrection;   Sadducees;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Covetousness;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sadducees;   Sanhedrim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Capital Punishment;   Crimes and Punishments;   Hebrews;   Persecution in the Bible;   Sanhedrin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mark, Gospel According to;   Peter;   Priest;   Sadducees;   Sanhedrin;   Scribes;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Caiaphas ;   Caiaphas (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sanhedrin or Sanhedrim;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
The soldiers brought the apostles in and made them stand before the council. The high priest questioned them.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when they had brought them they set them before the counsell. And ye chefe preste axed the
Hebrew Names Version
When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The Kohen Gadol questioned them,
International Standard Version
When they brought them back, they made them stand before the Council,Sanhedrin">[fn] and the high priest began to question them.
New American Standard Bible
When they had brought them, they had them stand before the Council. The high priest interrogated them,
New Century Version
The soldiers brought the apostles to the meeting and made them stand before the leaders. The high priest questioned them,
Update Bible Version
And when they had brought them, they set them before the Sanhedrin. And the high priest asked them,
Webster's Bible Translation
And when they had brought them, they set [them] before the council: and the high priest asked them,
English Standard Version
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them,
World English Bible
When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And having brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,
Weymouth's New Testament
So they brought them and made them stand in front of the Sanhedrin. And then the High Priest questioned them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne thei hadden brouyt hem, thei settiden hem in the counsel; and the princes of prestis axiden hem,
English Revised Version
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,
Berean Standard Bible
They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.
Contemporary English Version
When the apostles were brought before the council, the high priest said to them,
Amplified Bible
So they brought them and presented them before the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court). The high priest questioned them,
American Standard Version
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,
Bible in Basic English
And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,
Complete Jewish Bible
They conducted them to the Sanhedrin, where the cohen hagadol demanded of them,
Darby Translation
And they bring them and set them in the council. And the high priest asked them,
Etheridge Translation
and when they had brought them they made them stand before all the assembly, and the chief of the priests began to say to them,
Murdock Translation
And when they had brought them, they placed them before the whole council; and the high priest began to say to them:
King James Version (1611)
And when they had brought them, they set them before the Councill, and the high Priest asked them,
New Living Translation
Then they brought the apostles before the high council, where the high priest confronted them.
New Life Bible
They brought the missionaries in and made them stand in front of the court. The head religious leader said,
New Revised Standard
When they had brought them, they had them stand before the council. The high priest questioned them,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when they had brought them, they set them before the Councill, & the chiefe Priest asked them,
George Lamsa Translation
And when they had brought them, they made them stand before the whole council, and the high priest proceeded,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, leading them in, set them in the high- council. And the High-priest questioned them,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,
Revised Standard Version
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when they had brought them, they set them before the counsell. And the chiefe priest asked them,
Good News Translation
They brought the apostles in, made them stand before the Council, and the High Priest questioned them.
Christian Standard Bible®
After they brought them in, they had them stand before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest asked,
King James Version
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
Lexham English Bible
And when they had brought them, they made them stand in the Sanhedrin, and the high priest put a question to them,
Literal Translation
And bringing them, they stood in the sanhedrin. And the high priest asked them,
Young's Literal Translation
and having brought them, they set [them] in the sanhedrim, and the chief priest questioned them,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan they had brought them, they set the before the councell. And the hye prest axed them,
THE MESSAGE
Bringing them back, they stood them before the High Council. The Chief Priest said, "Didn't we give you strict orders not to teach in Jesus' name? And here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are trying your best to blame us for the death of this man."
New English Translation
When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
New King James Version
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,
Simplified Cowboy Version
The cowboys went in and stood before all the bigwigs and were questioned by the main preacher.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When they had brought them, they stood them before the Council. The high priest questioned them,
Legacy Standard Bible
And when they had brought them, they stood them before the Sanhedrin. And the high priest questioned them,

Contextual Overview

26 upon which the captain went with his officers, and brought them, without offering any violence, for fear of being stoned, he and his men by the people. 27 when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 saying, did not we strictly command you, not to teach in this name? and yet you have spread your doctrine through Jerusalem, and you endeavour to make us responsible for this man's blood. 29 then Peter and the other apostles made answer, we ought to obey God rather than men. 30 the God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, and hanged on a tree. 31 him hath God rais'd by his power to be the author of salvation, by giving repentance to Israel, and the remission of their sins. 32 and we are his witnesses in what we say, and so is the holy spirit, whom God hath given to those that obey him. 33 When they heard that, they were so enraged, they consulted to take away their lives. 34 when a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of law, who was respected by all the people, rose up in the council, and moved the apostles might withdraw for some time. 35 and then he said, "ye men of Israel, be cautious how you proceed with regard to these men.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

set: Acts 4:7, Acts 6:12, Acts 22:30, Acts 23:1, Luke 22:66

Reciprocal: Psalms 21:11 - imagined Matthew 5:22 - the council Luke 12:11 - General John 12:19 - Perceive James 2:6 - and

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when they had brought them,.... From the temple, to the place where the sanhedrim sat, which, by this, seems to have been not in the room Gazith, nor in the shops, which were both in the temple, but in some part of the city of Jerusalem:

they set them before the council; whereby was fulfilled what Christ had foretold, Matthew 10:17 "they will deliver you up to the councils"; they placed them before the whole sanhedrim; in the midst of it,

Matthew 10:17- :; and as the Ethiopic version here reads:

and the high priest asked them; though he was not president of the council, but Gamaliel, after mentioned; yet being in so high an office, and a principal member of the council, took upon him the examination of the apostles.


 
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