King James Version
Acts 5:19 in the King James Version says “But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,” — study this verse from Acts chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,”
Acts 5:19 · KJV
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, indignation: or, envy
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning , and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the angel”
G32compare g0034) (to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an "angel"; by implication, a pastor
“of the Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“doors”
G2374a portal or entrance (the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively)
“the prison”
G5438a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or nigh
“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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