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.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- Τὸ — SBLGNT
- Τὸ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + μὲν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἐπὶ — SBLGNT
- ἐπὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- πρὸ — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.