Acts 5:23

“We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one 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 the officers who came didn’t find them in the prison. They returned and reported,

24Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:4He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Lamentations 3:55I called on your name, LORD, out of the lowest dungeon.

Daniel 6:22My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me, because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”

Matthew 28:12When they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,

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