Acts 5:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Acts 5:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Acts 5:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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Acts 5:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!””
Acts 5:23 — World English Bible
Acts 5:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Acts 5:23 — American Standard Version
Acts 5:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“saying--`The prison indeed we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors, and having opened--within we found no one.'”
Acts 5:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Acts 5:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“saying, We found the prison shut with all security, and the keepers standing at the doors; but when we had opened [them], within we found no one. ”
Acts 5:23 — Darby Translation
Acts 5:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Saying, Certainely we founde the prison shut as sure as was possible, and the keepers standing without, before the doores: but when we had opened, we found no man within.”
Acts 5:23 — Geneva Bible
Acts 5:23 in Context — Acts 5
21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,
23 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.
24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
What Does Acts 5:23 Mean?
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