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!|


In Context

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

21 When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and those who 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 the officers who came didn't find them in the prison. They returned and reported,

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!|

24 Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

25 One came and told them, |Behold, the men whom you put in 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 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 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 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.