Hechos 5:19

19 pero un ángel del Señor llegó de noche, abrió las puertas de la cárcel y los sacó. Luego les 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 Los apóstoles enfrentan oposición
El sumo sacerdote y sus funcionarios, que eran saduceos, se llenaron de envidia.

18 Arrestaron a los apóstoles y los metieron en la cárcel pública;

19 pero un ángel del Señor llegó de noche, abrió las puertas de la cárcel y los sacó. Luego les dijo:

20 «¡Vayan al templo y denle a la gente este mensaje de vida!».

21 Así que, al amanecer, los apóstoles entraron en el templo como se les había dicho, y comenzaron a enseñar de inmediato.
Cuando llegaron el sumo sacerdote y sus funcionarios, convocaron al Concilio Supremo,
es decir, a toda la asamblea de los ancianos de Israel. Luego mandaron a sacar a los apóstoles de la cárcel para llevarlos a juicio;