Acts 5:23 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²³ “We found the jail securely locked, with guards on duty at the doors, but when we went inside there was no one there!”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ We found the prison quite safely locked up and the guards were on duty outside the doors, but when we opened [it], we found no one on the inside.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ 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.

Common English Bible

²³ “We found the prison locked and well-secured, with guards standing at the doors, but when we opened the doors we found no one inside!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ saying: "We found the prison certainly locked up with all diligence, and the guards standing before the door. But upon opening it, we found no one within."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ Saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing before the doors; but opening it, we found no man within.

Acts 5:23 Cross References

John 8:59

So, they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself [or “was hidden,” suggesting a miraculous departure] and left the Temple [area].

Acts 5:19

But an angel from the Lord one night [miraculously] opened the jail doors and released them, saying,

Acts 5:22

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

Acts 5:24

Now when the captain of the Temple [guard] and the leading priests heard about this, they became frustrated over how far this [teaching] would [eventually] spread.