Acts 5:23
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Now when the high priest,.... Or "the priests", as it is read in most copies; the Complutensian edition reads, "the high…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Found we shut - It had not been broken open; and there was therefore clear proof that they had been delivered by the…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The prison truly found we shut - All the doors were properly bolted, and the keepers at their post; but when we had…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Acts 5:17-25
Never did any good work go on with any hope of success, but it met with opposition; those that are bent to do mischief…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The prison truly found we shut The word rendered trulyis omitted in the best MSS.
and the keepers standing without…
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