23saying, We found the prison shut with all security, and the keepers standing at the doors; but when we had opened them, within we found no one.


In Context

20 Go ye and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

21 And when they heard it, they entered very early into the temple and taught. And when the high priest was come, and they that were with him, they called together the council and all the elderhood of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

22 And when the officers were come, they did not find them in the prison; and returned and reported

23 saying, We found the prison shut with all security, and the keepers standing at the doors; but when we had opened them, within we found no one.

24 And when they heard these words, both the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests were in perplexity as to them, what this would come to.

25 And some one coming reported to them, Lo, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.

Acts 5:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:23Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:23"We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:23Saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing before the doors; but opening it, we found no man within.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:23saying, The prison-house we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing at the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:23saying, The prison-house we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing at the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23Saying, The prison truly we found shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23|We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23saying — 'The prison indeed we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors, and having opened — within we found no one.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:23Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.