Acts 5:18 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

So they arrested the apostles and threw them in the public jail.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

When you're doing God's work, sometimes the world's going to try to shut you down.

📚 Historical Context

In the early days of the Christian church, as recorded in the Book of Acts, the apostles were actively preaching the gospel and performing miracles in Jerusalem, which led to growing numbers of followers. This bold activity provoked jealousy and opposition from the Jewish religious leaders, who felt threatened by the apostles' influence and the message of Jesus' resurrection. As a result, the high priests ordered the apostles' arrest and imprisonment to suppress the spread of their teachings.

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So they brought the apostles in and made them stand before the religious council. Then the high priest started questioning them.

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They decided he was right. So they called the apostles back in, had them beaten, ordered them to stop talking about Jesus, and then let them go.

Acts 5:21

So when they heard that, they went straight to the temple first thing in the morning and started teaching. Meanwhile, the high priest showed up with his crew and called together the whole council, basically every important religious leader in Israel, then sent someone to the prison to bring the apostles in.

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