Acts 5:23

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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

Cross References

Acts 5:19

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

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 5:22

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.