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.


In Context

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

21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,

23 Saying, 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.

24 Now when the high priest, and the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them to what this would grow.

25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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.

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 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.