Acts 5:22 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²² But when the officers arrived at the jail the apostles were gone, so they returned to the Council and reported,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² But when the attendants arrived there, they failed to find them in the jail; so they came back and reported,

American Standard Version (1901)

²² But the officers that came found them not in the prison; and they returned, and told,

Common English Bible

²² However, the guards didn’t find them in the prison. They returned and reported,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² But when the attendants had arrived, and, upon opening the prison, had not found them, they returned and reported to them,

Acts 5:22 Cross References

Matthew 26:58

But Peter followed Him from a distance [as they were going] to the courtyard of the head priest. He went inside [i.e., eventually. See John 18:15-16] and sat down with the [Jewish] officers to see how things would turn out [i.e., with Jesus’ trial].

Acts 5:23

“We found the jail securely locked, with guards on duty at the doors, but when we went inside there was no one there!”

Acts 5:26

[Immediately] the captain, with his officers, went [to the Temple] and brought the apostles back again, but did not use any violence because they feared that the people might stone them.

Acts 12:18

Now as soon as it got daylight there was a lot of commotion among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.