Acts 5:23

23 "The prison truly found we shut with all safety and the keepers standing outside before the doors; but when we had opened them, we found no man within."

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 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together with all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

22 But when the officers came and found them not in the prison, they returned and reported, saying,

23 "The prison truly found we shut with all safety and the keepers standing outside before the doors; but when we had opened them, we found no man within."

24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they were in doubt about them as to where this would grow.

25 Then there came one and told them, saying, "Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people."