Acts 5:23

saying, The prison-house we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing at the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

American Standard Version

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 officers that came found them not in the prison; and they returned, and told,

24Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed concerning them whereunto this would grow.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:4He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.

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

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

Daniel 6:22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions` mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

Matthew 28:12And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave much money unto the soldiers,

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