Acts 5:26 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Acts 5:26 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Acts 5:26 in 6 Bible Translations

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Acts 5:26 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

Acts 5:26 — World English Bible

Acts 5:26 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Acts 5:26 — American Standard Version

Acts 5:26 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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

Acts 5:26 — Young's Literal Translation

Acts 5:26 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

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

Acts 5:26 — Darby Translation

Acts 5:26 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Then went the captaine with the officers, and brought them without violence (for they feared the people, lest they should haue bene stoned)”

Acts 5:26 — Geneva Bible

Acts 5:26 in Context — Acts 5

24 Y cuando oyeron estas palabras el pontífice y el magistrado del templo y los príncipes de los sacerdotes, dudaban en qué vendría á parar aquello.

25 Pero viniendo uno, dióles [esta] noticia: He aquí, los varones que echasteis en la cárcel, están en el templo, y enseñan al pueblo.

26 Entonces fué el magistrado con los ministros, y trájolos sin violencia; porque temían del pueblo ser apedreados.

27 Y como los trajeron, los presentaron en el concilio: y el príncipe de los sacerdotes les preguntó,

28 Diciendo: ¿No os denunciamos estrechamente, que no enseñaseis en este nombre? y he aquí, habéis llenado á Jerusalem de vuestra doctrina, y queréis echar sobre nosotros la sangre de este hombre.

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What Does Acts 5:26 Mean?

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