“Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.”
On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were puzzled, wondering what would come of this - the 'captain of the temple guard' (stratēgos tou hierou) was responsible for the temple police and security. The chief priests' puzzlement (diaporei, bewildered) suggests they are encountering a force outside their administrative categories. Their question 'what will this come to be?' (ti ara touto eseitai) opens to the possibility that even they sense something transcendent.
Church Fathers on Acts 5:24
But the Angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. Acts 5:19-21 This was done both for the encouragement of the disciples, and for the benefit and instruction of the others. And observe how the proceeding in the present instance is just the same as in what Christ Himself did.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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