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Acts 5:26
Then went the officer with the ministers and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.
Acts 5:26 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Acts 5:26 in other translations
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.
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In context
23 Saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing before the door: but opening it, we found no man within.
24 Now when the officer of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt concerning them, what would come to pass.
25 But one came and told them: Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.
26 Then went the officer with the ministers and brought them 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: Commanding, we commanded you that you should not teach in this name. And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine: and you have a mind to bring the blood of this man upon us.
29 But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God rather than men.
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