Acts 5:23

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

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KJV

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

“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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ASV

American Standard Version

saying, The prison-house we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing at the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

saying, “We found the prison house shut, in all security, and the guards standing before the doors; but having opened [them], we found no one inside.”

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 5

²¹ At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

²² But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:

²³ “We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

²⁴ When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.

²⁵ Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

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