Acts 5:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.

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  • Ps 2:4 : 4 Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.
  • Ps 33:10 : 10 The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
  • Lam 3:37 : 37 Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
  • Lam 3:55-58 : 55 I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison. 56 My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry. 57 You came near in the day when I made my prayer to you: you said, Have no fear. 58 O Lord, you have taken up the cause of my soul, you have made my life safe.
  • Dan 3:11-25 : 11 And anyone not falling down and worshipping is to be put into a burning and flaming fire. 12 There are certain Jews whom you have put over the business of the land of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men have not given attention to you, O King: they are not servants of your gods or worshippers of the gold image which you have put up. 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his wrath and passion gave orders for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego to be sent for. Then they made these men come in before the king. 14 Nebuchadnezzar made answer and said to them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that you will not be servants of my god or give worship to the image of gold which I have put up? 15 Now if you are ready, on hearing the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, to go down on your faces in worship before the image which I have made, it is well: but if you will not give worship, that same hour you will be put into a burning and flaming fire; and what god is there who will be able to take you out of my hands? 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answering Nebuchadnezzar the king, said, There is no need for us to give you an answer to this question. 17 If our God, whose servants we are, is able to keep us safe from the burning and flaming fire, and from your hands, O King, he will keep us safe. 18 But if not, be certain, O King, that we will not be the servants of your gods, or give worship to the image of gold which you have put up. 19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of wrath, and the form of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: and he gave orders that the fire was to be heated up seven times more than it was generally heated. 20 And he gave orders to certain strong men in his army to put cords on Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego and put them into the burning and flaming fire. 21 Then these men had cords put round them as they were, in their coats, their trousers, their hats, and their clothing, and were dropped into the burning and flaming fire. 22 And because the king's order was not to be put on one side, and the heat of the fire was so great, the men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego were burned to death by the flame of the fire. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, with the cords about them, went down into the burning and flaming fire. 24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar, full of fear and wonder, got up quickly, and said to his wise men, Did we not put three men in cords into the fire? and they made answer and said to the king, True, O King. 25 He made answer and said, Look! I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are not damaged; and the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
  • Dan 6:22-24 : 22 Then Daniel said to the king, O King, have life for ever. 23 My God has sent his angel to keep the lions' mouths shut, and they have done me no damage: because I was seen to be without sin before him; and further, before you, O King, I have done no wrong. 24 Then the king was very glad, and gave orders for them to take Daniel up out of the hole. So Daniel was taken up out of the hole and he was seen to be untouched, because he had faith in his God.
  • Matt 27:63-66 : 63 Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead. 64 Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first. 65 Pilate said to them, You have watchmen; go and make it as safe as you are able. 66 So they went, and made safe the place where his body was, putting a stamp on the stone, and the watchmen were with them.
  • Matt 28:12-15 : 12 And when they had come together with those in authority, and had made their decision, they gave much money to the watchmen, saying, 13 Say, His disciples came by night and took him away secretly while we were sleeping. 14 And if this comes to the ruler's ears, we will see that he does not make you responsible. 15 So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.
  • John 8:59 : 59 So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.
  • Acts 5:19 : 19 But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,

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    18 And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.

    19 But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,

    20 Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.

    21 And hearing this, they went into the Temple at dawn, and were teaching. But the high priest and those who were with him got together the Sanhedrin and the representatives of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to get them.

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    24 Now, at these words, the captain of the Temple and the chief priests were greatly troubled about what might be the end of this business.

    25 And someone came and said to them, The men, whom you put in prison, are in the Temple teaching the people.

    26 Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.

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    26 And suddenly there was an earth-shock, so that the base of the prison was moved: and all the doors came open, and everyone's chains came off.

    27 And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.

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    16 But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder.

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    23 And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

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    5 So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

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    7 And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands.

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    10 And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.

    11 And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews.

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    35 But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go.

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    38 And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;

    39 Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.

    40 And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.

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    13 Say, His disciples came by night and took him away secretly while we were sleeping.

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    3 And they went in, but the body of the Lord Jesus was not there.

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    29 Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law, and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death.

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    20 For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.

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    9 And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go.

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    11 Now, while they were going, some of the watchmen came into the town and gave news to the chief priests of all the things which had taken place.

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    20 Or let these men here present say what wrongdoing was seen in me when I was before the Sanhedrin,

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    3 And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;

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    6 And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

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    16 And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.