Acts 5:19
Then in the night the angel of the Lord opened the gate of the house of the bound, and brought them forth, and said to them,
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 hands on the apostles, and apprehended and bound them in the house of the bound.
20Go stand in the temple and speak to the people all these words of salvation.
Cross References
Matthew 1:20But while (on) these (things) he reflected, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said to him, Jauseph, son of David, fear not to take Mariam thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is from the Spirit of Holiness.
Acts 8:26AND the angel of the Lord spake with Philipos, and said to him, Arise, go to the south, in the desert way which goeth down from Urishlem to Gaza.
Acts 16:26And suddenly there was a great trembling, and the foundations of the house of the bound trembled, and at once the doors of all were opened, and the chains of all were loosened.
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 →