Hechos 5:19

19 Mas el ángel del Señor, abriendo de noche las puertas de la cárcel, y sacándolos, dijo

Hechos 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.

Hechos 5:19 In-Context

17 Entonces levantándose el príncipe de los sacerdotes, y todos los que estaban con él, (que es la secta de los saduceos,) se llenaron de celo

18 y echaron mano a los apóstoles, y los pusieron en la cárcel pública

19 Mas el ángel del Señor, abriendo de noche las puertas de la cárcel, y sacándolos, dijo

20 Id, y estando en el Templo, hablad al pueblo todas las palabras de esta vida

21 Y cuando hubieron oído esto, entraron de mañana en el Templo, y enseñaban. Entre tanto, viniendo el príncipe de los sacerdotes, y los que estaban con él, convocaron el concilio, y a todos los ancianos de los hijos de Israel, y enviaron a la cárcel para que fueran traídos