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The Lexham Context Commentary: New Testament surveys each book of the New Testament at several levels—Book, Division, Section, Pericope, Paragraph, and Unit—providing contextually appropriate commentary on each level. The reader of the commentary can easily ascertain the contextual importance of any larger section, or pericope, or even a particular verse of Scripture.

(5:22–32) The temple police discover that the apostles have escaped a secure prison cell (5:22–23). A tip leads them to the apostles in the temple, where they are arrested again (5:24–26). The council interrogates the apostles, who are accused of disobeying the order to refrain from teaching in Jesus’ name (5:27–28). Peter and the apostles answer that they must obey God, and they indict the Jewish leaders for their part in the murder of the Jesus whom God raised and exalted
Acts 5:22–32