Acts 5:19
Then the angel of the Lord, by night, opened the door of the prison, and let them out; and said to them:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 legates, and took and bound them in prison.
20Go, stand in the temple, and speak to the people all these words of life.
Cross References
Matthew 1:20And while he contemplated these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said to him: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary thy wife; for that which is conceived in her, is from the Holy Spirit:
Acts 8:26And the angel of the Lord spake with Philip, and said to him: Arise, go to the south, along the desert way that leadeth down from Jerusalem to Gaza.
Acts 16:26And suddenly there was a great shaking, and the foundations of the prison were moved; and at once all the doors opened, and the bands of all were loosed.
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 →