Acts 5:23

Saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing before the doors; but opening it, we found no man within.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 when the ministers came, and opening the prison, found them not there, they returned and told,

24Now when the officer of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt concerning them, what would come to pass.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:4He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the Lord shall deride them.

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.

Lamentations 3:55Coph. I have called upon thy name, O Lord, from the lowest pit.

Daniel 6:22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut up the mouths of the lions, and they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him justice hath been found in me: yea and before thee, O king, I have done no offence.

Matthew 28:12And they being assembled together with the ancients, taking counsel, gave a great sum of money to the soldiers,

Acts 5:19But an angel of the Lord by night opening the doors of the prison, and leading them out, 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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