Acts 5:26 Meaning and Explanation
“Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.”
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Read Full Chapter →The captain and his officers bring the apostles without violence, fearing that the people might stone them.
What Does Acts 5:26 Mean?
Public regard for the apostles (verse 13) now shields them: the officers handle them gently, afraid of the crowd. The apostles, for their part, come willingly; men who walked out of a locked prison at night do not need to resist an arrest by day.
Their courage is calm. They neither flee the summons nor fight it, entrusting themselves to God as their Lord did, 'who, when he was reviled, reviled not again' (1 Peter 2:23). Boldness in Acts is never bravado; it is the steady freedom of people who know whose hands hold them.
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What does Acts 5:26 mean?
The captain and his officers bring the apostles without violence, fearing that the people might stone them.