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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.

KJV

λέγοντες ὅτι τὸ δεσμωτήριον εὕρομεν κεκλεισμένον ἐν πάσῃ ἀσφαλείᾳ καὶ τοὺς φύλακας ἑστῶτας ἐπὶ τῶν θυρῶν, ἀνοίξαντες δὲ ἔσω, οὐδένα εὕρομεν.

Greek NT

dicentes : Carcerem quidem invenimus clausum cum omni diligentia, et custodes stantes ante januas : aperientes autem neminem intus invenimus.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

Saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing before the door: but opening it, we found no man within.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δεσμωτήριον
desmoterion
noun · 4×
εὑρίσκω
eurisko
verb · 175×
θύρα
thura
noun · 39×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κλείω
kleio
verb · 16×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
φύλαξ
phulax
noun · 3×
ἀνοίγω
anoigo
verb · 76×
ἀσφάλεια
asphaleia
noun · 3×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔσω
eso
adverb · 9×
ἵστημι
istemi
verb · 152×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: Τὸ | WH/Treg/NIV: Τὸ | RP: + μὲν
  • ΤὸSBLGNT
  • ΤὸWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + μὲνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐπὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐπὶ | RP: πρὸ
  • ἐπὶSBLGNT
  • ἐπὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • πρὸRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ps 2:4 — He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
  • Ps 33:10 — The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.