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Acts 5:22

New Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Acts 5:22 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “But the officers that came found them not in the prison; and they returned, and told,” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

But the officers that came found them not in the prison; and they returned, and told,
Acts 5:22 — American Standard Version

Context — Acts 5

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
19But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them out, and said,
20Go ye, and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life.
21And when they heard [this], they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison-house to have them brought.
22But the officers that came found them not in the prison; and they returned, and told,
23saying, 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.
24Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed concerning them whereunto this would grow.
25And there came one and told them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“But when the officers came, etc.] 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…”
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