Neville Goddard on Acts 5:25-26 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 5 in context

Scripture Focus

25Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

Acts 5:25-26

Biblical Context

The apostles are found teaching in the temple after imprisonment, and the officers come to take them away, not by force, but out of fear of the people.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's perception, the prison is a state of consciousness, the temple is the inner chamber where truth can teach regardless of outer opinion. The crowd's fear is the voice of a lesser self—the belief that you must bow to public opinion for safety. When you declare I AM here, you do not deny appearances; you convert them through imagination. The apostles stand in the temple as the I that cannot be contained by walls or fear. Knowing the I AM as your creative power dissolves confinement; the outer scene aligns with your inner decision. Faithfulness to your inner mission becomes the force that dissolves the last vestiges of restriction, even when appearances urge surrender.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already in your inner temple, teaching truth with fearless calm. Revise any sense of imprisonment by affirming 'I AM free; the outer world cannot stone my inner witness' and feel it real.