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Acts 5:22

but the officers who went there not finding them in the prison, returned, and made this report,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Government;   Minister, Christian;   Miracles;   Persecution;   Peter;   Priest;   Prisoners;   Sadducees;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - High Priest, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Covetousness;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sanhedrim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Persecution in the Bible;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mark, Gospel According to;   Officer;   Peter;   Sadducees;   Sanhedrin;   Scribes;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Minister, Ministration;   Officer;   Officer (2);   Police;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Officer;   Sanhedrin or Sanhedrim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Officer;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
When the men went to the jail, they could not find the apostles there. So they went back and told the Jewish leaders about this.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When the ministres came and founde them not in the preson they returned and tolde
Hebrew Names Version
But the officers who came didn't find them in the prison. They returned and reported,
International Standard Version
When the temple police got there, they did not find them in the prison. They came back and reported,
New American Standard Bible
But the officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported,
New Century Version
But, upon arriving, the officers could not find the apostles. So they went back and reported to the leaders.
Update Bible Version
But the attendants that came didn't find them in the prison; and they returned, and told,
Webster's Bible Translation
But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,
English Standard Version
But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,
World English Bible
But the officers who came didn't find them in the prison. They returned and reported,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
and sent to the prison, to have them brought, But when the officers came, they found them not in the prison; and returning they said,
Weymouth's New Testament
But the officers went and could not find them in the prison. So they came back and brought word,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne the mynystris camen, founden hem not, and for the prisoun was openyd, thei turneden ayen,
English Revised Version
But the officers that came found them not in the prison; and they returned, and told,
Berean Standard Bible
But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:
Contemporary English Version
The temple police who were sent to the jail did not find the apostles. They returned and said,
Amplified Bible
But when the officers arrived, they did not find them in the prison; and they came back and reported,
American Standard Version
But the officers that came found them not in the prison; and they returned, and told,
Bible in Basic English
But the men who were sent saw that they were not in the prison, and came back with the news,
Complete Jewish Bible
But the officers who went did not find them in the prison. So they returned and reported,
Darby Translation
And when the officers were come, they did not find them in the prison; and returned and reported
Etheridge Translation
And when they who were sent from them went, they found them not (in) the house of the bound; and they returned, and came,
Murdock Translation
And when those sent by them went, they found them not in the prison; and they returned and came back,
King James Version (1611)
But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,
New Living Translation
But when the Temple guards went to the jail, the men were gone. So they returned to the council and reported,
New Life Bible
When the soldiers got there, they did not find them in prison. They went back and told the court.
New Revised Standard
But when the temple police went there, they did not find them in the prison; so they returned and reported,
Geneva Bible (1587)
But when the officers came, & found them not in the prison, they returned and tolde it,
George Lamsa Translation
And when those who were sent by them, went, and did not find them in the prison, they returned,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the officers who came to the place, found them not in the prison; and, returning, brought tidings,
Douay-Rheims Bible
But when the ministers came and opening the prison found them not there, they returned and told,
Revised Standard Version
But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, and they returned and reported,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But when the officers came, & founde them not in the pryson, they returned, and tolde,
Good News Translation
But when the officials arrived, they did not find the apostles in prison, so they returned to the Council and reported,
Christian Standard Bible®
But when the servants got there, they did not find them in the jail, so they returned and reported,
King James Version
But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,
Lexham English Bible
But the officers who came did not find them in the prison, and they returned and reported,
Literal Translation
But having come near, the officers did not find them in the prison. And returning, they reported,
Young's Literal Translation
and the officers having come, did not find them in the prison, and having turned back, they told,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The mynisters came and founde them not in the preson, came agayne, and tolde,
New English Translation
But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,
New King James Version
But when the officers came and did not find them in the prison, they returned and reported,
Simplified Cowboy Version
But when the church police went to get them, they found the guards still there and all the doors locked, but no one was inside. They ran back to the meeting and said,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported back,
Legacy Standard Bible
But the officers who came did not find them in the prison, and they returned and reported back,

Contextual Overview

17 Then the high priest, and all that accompanied him, who were of the sect of the Sadducees, being filled with indignation, 18 went and seized on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. 19 but an angel of the Lord opened the prison-doors by night, and having brought them out, said to them, 20 go, stand in the temple, and declare to the people, the whole doctrine of life. 21 when they heard that, they entred into the temple early in the morning, and taught. in the mean time, the high priest, and those of his party, being arrived at the council-chamber, summon'd all the Jewish senate to meet, and sent to the prison to bring the apostles before them. 22 but the officers who went there not finding them in the prison, returned, and made this report, 23 the prison we found shut very secure, and the keepers posted before the doors: but when we had opened it, we found no body within. 24 Upon hearing this, the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests wonder'd bow this could be. 25 when somebody came and told them, the men whom ye order'd to prison, are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Acts 12:18 - there

Cross-References

Luke 1:6
they were both of them sincerely pious; observing all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord; with unspotted reputation.
Acts 9:31
Then the churches in all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, were unmolested and establish'd, and by their religious conduct, and the assistance of the holy spirit, grew more extensive.
Romans 8:1
Sentence of death therefore shall not pass upon those christians who do not lead a vicious life.
1 Corinthians 7:17
Whatever condition God has allotted to any man, let him go on in the same state he was in when he became a christian: this I give as a standing rule to all churches.
2 Corinthians 6:16
and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God has said , "I will dwell with, and walk among them; I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Ephesians 5:15
See then that you behave circumspectly, and not as fools, but as wise,
Colossians 1:10
that your conduct may be worthy of the Lord, in every respect agreeable to him, being friutful in every kind of virtue, and increasing in divine knowledge:
Colossians 4:5
Be prudent in your conduct to those, who are not christians: and make the best of of every opportunity.
1 Thessalonians 2:12
conjuring you to live suitably to the favour of God, who has called you to his kingdom and glory.
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally, my brethren, we intreat and conjure you by the Lord Jesus Christ, to observe the instructions we gave you about your religious conduct, and to make continual progress therein.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But when the officers came,.... The Arabic version adds, "to it"; that is, to the prison;

and found them not in the prison. The Vulgate Latin version reads, "the prison being opened they found them not"; when they came to the prison, they opened the doors of it, or the keepers for them; for though the angel had opened them for the apostles, yet he shut them again, as he brought them out; for these men found the doors shut, as the following verse shows, and who upon opening them and searching the prison, for the apostles, could find none of them in it; wherefore they returned; the Arabic version reads, "to them"; to the sanhedrim:

and told; that is, them, as both the Arabic and Ethiopic versions read.


 
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