Hechos 5:19

19 Pero en la noche un ángel del Señor abrió las puertas de la cárcel y los sacó.

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 El sumo sacerdote y todos sus partidarios, que pertenecían a la secta de los saduceos, se llenaron de envidia.

18 Entonces arrestaron a los apóstoles y los metieron en la cárcel común.

19 Pero en la noche un ángel del Señor abrió las puertas de la cárcel y los sacó.

20 «Vayan —les dijo—, preséntense en el templo y comuniquen al pueblo todo este mensaje de vida».

21 Conforme a lo que habían oído, al amanecer entraron en el templo y se pusieron a enseñar. Cuando llegaron el sumo sacerdote y sus partidarios, convocaron al Consejo, es decir, a la asamblea general de los ancianos de Israel, y mandaron traer de la cárcel a los apóstoles.