Acts 5:23

23 "We found the prison locked up tight," they said. "The guards were standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors, we didn't find anyone inside."

Acts 5:23 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 5:23

Saying, the prison truly found we shut with all safety,
&c.] Locked, barred and bolted;

and the keepers standing without before the doors;
both inner and outer in their proper places, diligently discharging their office:

but when we had opened we found no man within;
that is, none of the apostles, for there might be other prisoners in it, who were not released by this means.

Acts 5:23 In-Context

21 Early the next day they did as they had been told. They entered the temple courtyard. There they began to teach the people. The high priest and his companions arrived. They called the Sanhedrin together. The Sanhedrin was a gathering of all the elders of Israel. They sent for the apostles who were in prison.

22 The officers arrived at the prison. But they didn't find the apostles there. So they went back and reported it.

23 "We found the prison locked up tight," they said. "The guards were standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors, we didn't find anyone inside."

24 When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were bewildered. They wondered what would happen next.

25 Then someone came and said, "Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courtyard. They are teaching the people."