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Acts 5:23

New International Version

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

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The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.

The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.

There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.

Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?

At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out.

But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they went back and reported,

On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss, wondering what this might lead to.