Acts 5:23

New Living Translation

“The jail was securely locked, with the guards standing outside, but when we opened the gates, no one was there!”

Cross References

Psalm 2:4

But the one who rules in heaven laughs. The Lord scoffs at them.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord frustrates the plans of the nations and thwarts all their schemes.

Proverbs 21:30

No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord.

Lamentations 3:37

Who can command things to happen without the Lord’s permission?

John 8:59

At that point they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden from them and left the Temple.

Acts 5:19

But an angel of the Lord came at night, opened the gates of the jail, and brought them out. Then he told them,

Acts 5:22

But when the Temple guards went to the jail, the men were gone. So they returned to the council and reported,

Acts 5:24

When the captain of the Temple guard and the leading priests heard this, they were perplexed, wondering where it would all end.