Acts 5:23

saying, “We indeed found the prison shut in all safety, and the keepers standing outside before the doors, and having opened—we found no one within.”

Literal 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

22and the officers having come, did not find them in the prison, and having turned back, they told,

24And as the priest, and the magistrate of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these words, they were doubting concerning them to what this would come;

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Cross References

Psalms 2:4He who is sitting in the heavens laughs, || The Lord mocks at them.

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, || Nor counsel against YHWH.

Lamentations 3:55I called Your Name, O YHWH, from the lower pit.

Daniel 6:22my God has sent His messenger, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not injured me: because that before Him purity has been found in me; and also before you, O king, injury I have not done.”

Matthew 28:12and having been gathered together with the elders, having also taken counsel, they gave much money to the soldiers,

Acts 5:19but through the night a messenger of the LORD opened the doors of the prison, having also brought them forth, 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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