Acts 5:23

saying, "The jail we found quite safely locked, and the warders were on guard at the doors, but upon going in we found no one there."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 went and could not find them in the prison. So they came back and brought word,

24When the Commander of the Temple Guards and the High Priests heard this statement, they were utterly at a loss with regard to it, wondering what would happen next.

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Cross References

Matthew 28:12So the latter held a conference with the Elders, and after consultation with them they heavily bribed the soldiers,

Acts 5:19But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors 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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