Acts 5:23

Good News Translation

“When we arrived at the jail, we found it locked up tight and all the guards on watch at the gates; but when we opened the gates, we found no one inside!”

Cross References

Psalm 2:4

From his throne in heaven the Lord laughs and mocks their feeble plans.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord frustrates the purposes of the nations; he keeps them from carrying out their plans.

Proverbs 21:30

Human wisdom, brilliance, insight—they are of no help if the Lord is against you.

Lamentations 3:37

The will of the Lord alone is always carried out.

John 8:59

Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and left the Temple.

Acts 5:19

But that night an angel of the Lord opened the prison gates, led the apostles out, and said to them,

Acts 5:22

But when the officials arrived, they did not find the apostles in prison, so they returned to the Council and reported,

Acts 5:24

When the chief priests and the officer in charge of the Temple guards heard this, they wondered what had happened to the apostles.