Acts 5:19
And a malach Adonoi (an angel of Hashem) opened the doors of the beis hasohar balailah, and having led them out, said, + 5:19 Gn 16:7; Ex 3:2; Ps 34:7
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
In Context
18And they laid their hands upon the Moshiachʼs Shlichim and they put them in a public beis hasohar.
20Go and stand and speak in the Beis Hamikdash to the people kol divrei HaChayyim haelleh.
Cross References
Psalms 34:7The oni (poor man) cried, and Hashem heard him, 1 and saved him out of all his tzoros. 1
Psalms 146:7Oseh mishpat for the oppressed; 1 Who giveth lechem to the hungry. 1 Hashem mattir asurim (sets free the prisoners): 1
Matthew 1:20Now just when Yosef + 1:20 ben Dovid had thought through to this tachlis (purpose) hinei! A malach Hashem appeared to him in a chalom, and said, Yosef ben Dovid, do not shrink from taking Miryam in nisuim (marriage) as your + 1:20 basherte (destined mate) aishes chayil (virtuous woman) kallah (bride), because what has been conceived in her is through the Ruach Hakodesh.
Acts 8:26And a malach Adonoi spoke to Philippos, saying, Get up and go south on the derech going down from Yerushalayim to Gaza. This is desert.
Acts 16:26And, suddenly, there came a gevaltike earthquake, so that the beis hasohar was shaken to its foundations, and immediately were opened all delatot (doors) and all sharsherot (chains) were unfastened.
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 →