Atos 5:19

19 Mas durante a noite um anjo do Senhor abriu as portas do cárcere, levou-os para fora e

Atos 5:19 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 5:19

But the angel of the Lord
Or "of God", as the Arabic and Ethiopic versions read, whether Michael, as some have thought, or Gabriel, or what particular angel, is not material to know. However, it was a good angel, an elect angel, one of those ministering spirits sent by God to minister to the heirs of promise; one of those angels that excel in strength, as appears by what he did: for he

by night opened the prison doors;
where the apostles were put, and which had more doors than one, and these strong and close shut, and guarded by keepers; but were easily opened by the angel. It was very likely at, or towards the evening, when the apostles were taken, and therefore they were committed to prison, there to lie all night, till next morning, when the sanhedrim would meet together to consult what to do with them:

and brought them forth;
out of the prison, leading them out at the doors he had opened for them:

and said;
the Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions add, "to them"; that is, to the apostles, as follows.

Atos 5:19 In-Context

17 Então o sumo sacerdote e todos os seus companheiros, membros do partido dos saduceus, ficaram cheios de inveja.

18 Por isso, mandaram prender os apóstolos, colocando-os numa prisão pública.

19 Mas durante a noite um anjo do Senhor abriu as portas do cárcere, levou-os para fora e

20 disse: “Dirijam-se ao templo e relatem ao povo toda a mensagem desta Vida”.

21 Ao amanhecer, eles entraram no pátio do templo, como haviam sido instruídos, e começaram a ensinar o povo.Quando chegaram o sumo sacerdote e os seus companheiros, convocaram o Sinédrio—toda a assembleia dos líderes religiosos de Israel—e mandaram buscar os apóstolos na prisão.