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Acts 5:19

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Angels and the spiritual worldProtection and safetySalvation

17 Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out

18 and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,

20 “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”

21 At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
KJV
But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
WEB
But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out and said,
ASV
But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them out, and said,
DARBY
But an angel of [the] Lord during the night opened the doors of the prison, and leading them out, said,
BLB
But during the night an angel of the Lord, having opened the doors of the jail and having brought them out, said,
ÅB
Men en Herrens engel åpnet om natten fengslets dører og førte dem ut og sa:
OTB
Men om natten åpnet en Herrens engel fengselsdørene og førte dem ut.
B1930
Men en Herrens engel åpnet om natten fengslets dører og førte dem ut og sa:

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 16:26

    Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.

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  • Psalms 34:7

    The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.

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  • Acts 12:7–11

    Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.

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  • Acts 8:26

    Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

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  • Psalms 105:17–20

    He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.

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  • Acts 27:23

    For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me

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  • Isaiah 61:1

    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

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  • Matthew 1:20

    But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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