KJV ORIGINAL
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
So the captain and his officers went and brought the apostles back, but they didn't use force or get rough with them. They were actually scared of what the crowd might do — like, the people could've straight up turned on them and stoned them if they handled this wrong.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Even the authorities had to move carefully because they knew the people were on the apostles' side.
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