Acts 5:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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

Psalm 2:4

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: The Lord shall have them in derision.

Psalm 33:10

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought: He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of none effect.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against the LORD.

Lamentations 3:37

Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

John 8:59

They took up stones therefore to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.

Acts 5:19

But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them out, and said,

Acts 5:22

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

Acts 5:24

Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed concerning them whereunto this would grow.