Acts 5:23

“We found the prison locked up in complete security and the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened the doors, we found no one inside.”

Text-Critical English NT

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 arrived, they did not find them in the prison. So they returned and reported,

24When the high priest, the captain of the temple guard, and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly perplexed by it, wondering what might come of this.

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Cross References

Matthew 28:12After the chief priests had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers

Acts 5:19But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, 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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