Acts 5:23

New International Reader's Version

“We found the jail locked up tight,” they said. “The guards were standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors, we didn’t find anyone inside.”

Cross References

Psalm 2:4

The God who sits on his throne in heaven laughs. The Lord makes fun of those rulers and their plans.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord blocks the sinful plans of the nations. He keeps them from doing what they want to do.

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, wise saying or plan can succeed against the Lord.

Lamentations 3:37

Suppose people order something to happen. It won’t happen unless the Lord has planned it.

John 8:59

When he said this, they picked up stones to kill him. But Jesus hid himself. He slipped away from the temple area.

Acts 5:19

But during the night an angel of the Lord came. He opened the doors of the jail and brought the apostles out.

Acts 5:22

The officers arrived at the jail. But they didn’t find the apostles there. So they went back and reported it.

Acts 5:24

When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were bewildered. They wondered what would happen next.