23"We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside."
23"We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside."
20 "Go, stand in the temple courts," he said, "and tell the people the full message of this new life."
21 At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people.
22 When the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin--the full assembly of the elders of Israel--and sent to the jail for the apostles. But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they went back and reported,
23 "We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside."
24 On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were puzzled, wondering what would come of this.
25 Then someone came and said, "Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people."
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.
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.
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.
5:23saying, 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.
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.
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.
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!|
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.'
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.