Acts 5:23

"The prison we found locked fast, with the guards stationed at the doors, but when they were opened we found no one inside."

Montgomery New Testament

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 went did not find them in the prison; so they came back and reported,

24When the officer in charge of the Temple and the high priest heard these words, they were perplexed concerning them, wondering what would come of it.

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Cross References

Matthew 28:12And when they had met with the elders and conferred together, they heavily bribed the soldiers and told them to say,

Acts 5:19But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors during the night, and let them out.

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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