Acts 5:22
But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,
Acts 5:22 in other translations
| BSB | But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report: |
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| WEB | But the officers who came didn’t find them in the prison. They returned and reported, |
| ASV | But the officers that came found them not in the prison; and they returned, and told, |
| YLT | and the officers having come, did not find them in the prison, and having turned back, they told, |
| DARBY | And when the officers were come, they did not find them in the prison; and returned and reported |
| BBE | But the men who were sent saw that they were not in the prison, and came back with the news, |
| Webster | But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told, |
What does Acts 5:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 5:17-23
17-23. sect of the Sadducees--See on Ac 4:1 for the reason why this is specified.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 5:17-25
There is no prison so dark, so strong, but God can visit his people in it, and, if he pleases, fetch them out. Recoveries from sickness, releases out of trouble, are granted, not that we may enjoy the comforts of life, but that God may be honoured with the services of our life. It is not for the preachers of Christ's gospel to retire into corners, as long as they can have any opportunity of preaching in the great…
Acts 5:22 in the original Greek
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Context
- Acts 5:21
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.
- Acts 5:22
But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,
- Acts 5:23
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.
Acts 5:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas como llegaron los ministros, y no los hallaron en la cárcel, volvieron, y dieron aviso, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais les huissiers, y étant arrivés, ne les trouvèrent pas dans la prison; et s’en retournant, ils le rapportèrent, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Als aber die Diener hinkamen, fanden sie sie nicht in dem Gefängnis; und sie kehrten zurück, berichteten |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cum autem venissent ministri, et aperto carcere non invenissent illos, reversi nuntiaverunt, |