King James Version
Acts 5:23 in the King James Version says “Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we h...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
Acts 5:23 · KJV
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.
But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,
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.
Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
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“Saying”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“truly”
G3303properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with g1161 (this one, the former, etc.)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“standing”
G2476to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)
“the doors”
G2374a portal or entrance (the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively)
“when we had opened”
G455to open up (literally or figuratively, in various applications)
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