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Acts 5:23

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.

22 But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

24 When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.

25 Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

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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
“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
KJV
Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
WEB
“We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”
ASV
saying, The prison-house we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing at the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
DARBY
saying, We found the prison shut with all security, and the keepers standing at the doors; but when we had opened [them], within we found no one.
BLB
saying, “We found the prison house shut with all security and the guards standing before the doors; but having opened [them], we found no one inside.”
ÅB
Fengslet fant vi pålitelig lukket, og vaktmennene sto ved døren; men da vi lukket opp, fant vi ingen der inne.
OTB
“Vi fant fengselet sikkert låst, med vaktene stående ved dørene; men da vi åpnet dem, fant vi ingen inne.”
B1930
Fengslet fant vi pålitelig lukket, og vaktmennene stod ved døren; men da vi lukket op, fant vi ingen der inne.

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