24On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were puzzled, wondering what would come of this.


In Context

21 At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people.

22 When the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin--the full assembly of the elders of Israel--and sent to the jail for the apostles. But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they went back and reported,

23 "We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside."

24 On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were puzzled, wondering what would come of this.

25 Then someone came and said, "Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people."

26 At 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.

Acts 5:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:24Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:24Now when the officer of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt concerning them, what would come to pass.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:24Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed concerning them whereunto this would grow.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:24And when they heard these words, both the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests were in perplexity as to them, what this would come to.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:24Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed concerning them whereunto this would grow.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:24Now when the high priest, and the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them to what this would grow.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:24Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:24And as the priest, and the magistrate of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these words, they were doubting concerning them to what this would come;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:24Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.