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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

“我們發現監門緊閉，獄卒也守在門外；等到開了門，裡面連一個人也找不到。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
我 们 看 见 监 牢 关 得 极 妥 当 ， 看 守 的 人 也 站 在 门 外 ； 及 至 开 了 门 ， 里 面 一 个 人 都 不 见 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ The high priest and all his friends (a group called the Sadducees) became very jealous. ¹⁸ They took the apostles and put them in jail. ¹⁹ But during the night, an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and led the apostles outside. The angel said, ²⁰ "Go stand in the Temple and tell the people everything about this new life." ²¹ When the apostles heard this, they obeyed and went into the Temple early in the morning and continued teaching. When the high priest and his friends arrived, they called a meeting of the leaders and all the important elders. They sent some men to the jail to bring the apostles to them. ²² But, upon arriving, the officers could not find the apostles. So they went back and reported to the leaders. ²³ They said, "The jail was closed and locked, and the guards were standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors, the jail was empty!" ²⁴ Hearing this, the captain of the Temple guards and the leading priests were confused and wondered what was happening. ²⁵ Then someone came and told them, "Listen! The men you put in jail are standing in the Temple teaching the people."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The prison: Acts 5:19, Psalms 2:4, Psalms 33:10, Proverbs 21:30, Lamentations 3:37, Lamentations 3:55-58, Daniel 3:11-25, Daniel 6:22-24, Matthew 27:63-66, Matthew 28:12-15, John 8:59

Reciprocal: Joshua 2:7 - they shut Daniel 3:24 - astonied Acts 12:6 - and the Acts 16:23 - to keep

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Saying, the prison truly found we shut with all safety,.... Locked, barred and bolted;

and the keepers standing without before the doors; both inner and outer in their proper places, diligently discharging their office:

but when we had opened we found no man within; that is, none of the apostles, for there might be other prisoners in it, who were not released by this means.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Found we shut - It had not been broken open; and there was therefore clear proof that they had been delivered by the interposition of God. Nor could they have been released by the guard, for they were keeping watch, as if unconscious that anything had happened, and the officers had the only means of entering the prison.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 5:23. The prison truly found we shut — All the doors were properly bolted, and the keepers at their post; but when we had opened, for it appears they were alone in possession of the keys; how much must this have increased their astonishment when they found that the doors were not broken open, the guards properly posted, and every thing as they left it, for they themselves had put the apostles in prison; but, when they had opened, there was no man within!