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.


In Context

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.

27 Having brought the apostles, they made them appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest.

28 "We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name," he said. "Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man's blood."

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 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 English Revised 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 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.