Acts 5:24 meaning and explanation
When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
Acts 5:24, Berean Standard Bible
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The captain of the temple guard was the officer responsible for order in the temple precincts, and the chief priests were the leading authorities in Jerusalem. They had just been told that the jail was locked and guarded but empty, and Luke says they were perplexed, at a loss to explain it.
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