Acts 5:23

saying, We found the prison indeed shut in all security, and the guards standing before the doors, but after opening, we found no man inside.

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In The King James Version

Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

In Context

22But the subordinates who came did not find them in the prison. And having returned, they reported,

24Now when they heard these words, the high priest, and the captain of the temple, and the chief priests, were perplexed about them, whatever this would become.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:4He who sits in the heavens will laugh. LORD will have them in derision.

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against LORD.

Lamentations 3:55I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the lowest dungeon.

Daniel 6:22My God has sent his [heavenly] agent, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me, inasmuch as before him innocence was found in me. And also before thee, O king, I have done no harm.

Matthew 28:12And after assembling with the elders, and having taken consultation, they gave many silver pieces to the soldiers, saying,

Acts 5:19But an agent of Lord opened the prison doors by night, and after leading them out, he said,

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:18-26

The Apostles Imprisoned; The Apostles Released by an Angel; The Disappointment of the Council. 17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, 18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. 19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, 20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. 21 And when they heard that, they… Read the whole commentary →

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