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Acts 5:27

When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

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Acts 5:27 in other translations

KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.

NHEB New Heart English Bible

When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

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In context

24 Now 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.

25 One came and told them, “Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.”

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

27 When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

28 saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”

29 But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.

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