Acts 5:23

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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.

Cross References

Psalm 2:4

He Who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision [and in supreme contempt He mocks them].

Psalm 33:10

The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nought; He makes the thoughts and plans of the peoples of no effect.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no [human] wisdom or understanding or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.

Lamentations 3:37

Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, if the Lord has not authorized and commanded it?

John 8:59

So they took up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus, by mixing with the crowd, concealed Himself and went out of the temple [enclosure].

Acts 5:19

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and, leading them out, said,

Acts 5:22

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

Acts 5:24

Now when the military leader of the temple area and the chief priests heard these facts, they were much perplexed and thoroughly at a loss about them, wondering into what this might grow.