26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, but without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.


In Context

23 saying, The prison-house we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing at the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

24 Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed concerning them whereunto this would grow.

25 And there came one and told them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people.

26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, but without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,

28 saying, We straitly charged you not to teach in this name: and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

Acts 5:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:26At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, but without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:26Then the captain, having gone with the officers, brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:26Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:26then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.