Acts 5:23

while they had found the jail barred securely and the guards posted at the doors, yet, on opening them, they had not found anyone 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, when the officers got there, they did not find them in the prison; so they returned and reported that,

24When the officer in charge at the Temple and the chief priests heard their story, they were perplexed about the apostles and as to what all this would lead to.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:4He whose throne is in heaven laughs, the Lord mocks them.

Matthew 28:12So they and the elders met and, after holding a consultation, gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

Acts 5:19An angel of the Lord, however, opened the prison doors at night and led them out.

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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