Acts 5:23
“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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Commentary
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| λέγοντες | legontes | saying | G3004 → |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 → |
| τὸ | to | The | G3588 → |
| δεσμωτήριον | desmōtērion | prison house | G1201 → |
| εὕρομεν | heuromen | we found | G2147 → |
| κεκλεισμένον | kekleismenon | shut | G2808 → |
| ἐν | en | with | G1722 → |
| πάσῃ | pasē | all | G3956 → |
| ἀσφαλείᾳ | asphaleia | security | G803 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τοὺς | tous | the | G3588 → |
| φύλακας | phulakas | guards | G5441 → |
| ἑστῶτας | hestōtas | already standing | G2476 → |
| ἐπὶ | epi | before | G1909 → |
| τῶν | tōn | the | G3588 → |
| θυρῶν, | thurōn | doors, | G2374 → |
| ἀνοίξαντες | anoixantes | having opened [them] | G455 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| ἔσω | esō | inside | G2080 → |
| οὐδένα | oudena | no [one] | G3762 → |
| εὕρομεν. | heuromen | we found. | G2147 → |
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