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Acts 5:19

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,

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ASV

But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them out, and said,

KJV

But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἌγγελοςAngelosAn angelG32 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
κυρίουkuriouof [the] LordG2962 →
διὰdiaduringG1223 →
νυκτὸςnuktosnightG3571 →
ἀνοίξαςanoixashaving openedG455 →
τὰςtastheG3588 →
θύραςthurasdoorsG2374 →
τῆςtēsof theG3588 →
φυλακῆς,phulakēsprison,G5438 →
ἐξαγαγώνexagagōnhaving brought outG1806 →
τεtethenG5037 →
αὐτοὺςautousthemG846 →
εἶπεν·eipensaid;G2036 →

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Acts 12:7Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.Hebrews 1:14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?Matthew 2:13When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”Acts 16:26Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.Psalms 34:7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.Psalms 107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.Acts 12:10They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.Acts 12:7–11Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.Acts 27:23For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside meActs 8:26Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”Psalms 105:17–20He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.Acts 12:11Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”Matthew 1:20But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.Psalms 146:7He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,Acts 10:3One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”Daniel 3:28Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.Luke 1:11Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

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