Acts 5:23

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

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21 At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

22 But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:

23 “We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

24 When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.

25 Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

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Acts 5:23 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: “We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
KJV King James Version: Saying, 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.
WEB World English Bible: “We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”
ASV American Standard Version: saying, 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 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.'
DBY Darby Translation: 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.
WBS Webster Bible: 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.