◄ Acts 5:22 ►
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Good News Translation
But when the officials arrived, they did not find the apostles in prison, so they returned to the Council and reported,

New Revised Standard Version
But when the temple police went there, they did not find them in the prison; so they returned and reported,

Contemporary English Version
The temple police who were sent to the jail did not find the apostles. They returned and said,

New American Bible
But the court officers who went did not find them in the prison, so they came back and reported,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But when the ministers came and opening the prison found them not there, they returned and told,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But when the ministers came and opening the prison found them not there, they returned and told,

Context
The Apostles Arrested and Freed
…21Who having heard this, early in the morning, entered into the temple and taught. And the high priest coming, and they that were with him, called together the council and all the ancients of the children of Israel: and they sent to the prison to have them brought. 22But when the ministers came and opening the prison found them not there, they returned and told, 23Saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing before the door: but opening it, we found no man within.…
Cross References
Matthew 26:58
And Peter followed him afar off, even to the court of the high priest, And going in, he sat with the servants, that he might see the end.

Acts 5:23
Saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing before the door: but opening it, we found no man within.

Acts 5:26
Then went the officer with the ministers and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

Acts 5:21
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