Acts 5:23

Modern English Version

“We found the prison securely shut and the guards standing outside before the doors. But when we opened it, we found no one inside.”

Cross References

Psalm 2:4

He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord ridicules them.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the people of no effect.

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom or understanding or counsel can stand against the Lord.

Lamentations 3:37

Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it?

John 8:59

Then they took up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple. Going through their midst, He passed by.

Acts 5:19

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

Acts 5:22

But when the officers came and did not find them in the prison, they returned and reported,

Acts 5:24

Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these things, they were in doubt of what might become of this.