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.'


In Context

20 'Go on, and standing, speak in the temple to the people all the sayings of this life;'

21 and having heard, they did enter at the dawn into the temple, and were teaching. And the chief priest having come, and those with him, they called together the sanhedrim and all the senate of the sons of Israel, and they sent to the prison to have them brought,

22 and the officers having come, did not find them in the prison, and having turned back, they told,

23 saying — '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.'

24 And as the priest, and the magistrate of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these words, they were doubting concerning them to what this would come;

25 and coming near, a certain one told them, saying — 'Lo, the men whom ye did 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 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 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 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.