Acts 5:26
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Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
In other translations
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
Greek words
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