Acts 5:23

“We found the jail securely shut and the guards standing at the door, but when we had opened it, we found no one inside.”

Unlocked Literal Bible

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 went did not find them in the prison, and they returned and reported,

24Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed concerning them as to what would come of it.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:4He who sits in the heavens will sneer at them; 1 the Lord mocks them. 1

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no understanding, and there is no advice 1 that can stand against Yahweh. 1

Lamentations 3:55I called on your name, Yahweh, from the depths of the pit. 1

Daniel 6:22My God has sent his messenger and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me. For I was found blameless before him and also before you, king, and I have done you no harm.”

Matthew 28:12When the priests had met with the elders and discussed the matter with them, they gave a large amount of money to the soldiers

Acts 5:19Yet during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and led 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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