Acts 5:22 - Plain English Version22 Those soldiers went to the jail, but they couldn’t find those men there. So they went back to the meeting, and they said, Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176922 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told, Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition22 But when the attendants arrived there, they failed to find them in the jail; so they came back and reported, Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)22 But the officers that came found them not in the prison; and they returned, and told, Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible22 However, the guards didn’t find them in the prison. They returned and reported, Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version22 But when the attendants had arrived, and, upon opening the prison, had not found them, they returned and reported to them, Ver Capítulo |
So the boss over those soldiers went there with his men, and they got Jesus’s special workers. But they were not hard on them. They didn’t force them to come, they just asked them to come quietly. The soldiers didn’t want to hurt them. They were frightened, because they thought the people there might get angry and throw stones to try to kill them.