But the officers who came didn’t find them in the prison. They returned and reported,
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But the officers who came didn’t find them in the prison. They returned and reported,
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When the ministres came and founde them not in the preson they returned and tolde
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But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned and tolde it,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 22 But when the officers came, and found them…
22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,
Ver. 22. But when the officers came] As at a lottery, they came with heads full of hopes, but returned with hearts full of blanks.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain These men, thus sent to hinder the spreading of…
These men, thus sent to hinder the spreading of the gospel, could not but be a means of confirming it, when they saw, and declared what they found; so easily can God make use of what is intended against his truth and people unto the advantage of either.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Saying, the prison truly found we shut with all…
Saying, the prison truly found we shut with all safety,.... Locked, barred and bolted;
and the keepers standing without before the doors; both inner and outer in their proper places, diligently discharging their office:
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but when we had opened we found no man within; that is, none of the apostles, for there might be other prisoners in it, who were not released by this means.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 22. But when the officers came] The name may…
22. But when the officers came] The name may imply a military body or it may have been only some of the Levitical guard who were sent. The same word is used (Luk_4:20) of the “minister” of the synagogue.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The officers that came for when the officers came…
The officers that came for when the officers came and, A.V. and T.R.; and they returned for they returned, A.V.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain 22, 23. After some delay, the officers returned into…
22, 23. After some delay, the officers returned into the presence of the Sanhedrim without their prisoners. (22) " But when the officers arrived, and did not find them in the prison, they returned and announced, (23) saying, The prison we found closed with all safety, and the guards standing before the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one within. " This appalling circumstance would have been sufficient, with less determined men, to stay all hostile proceedings, and even to disperse the court who had assembled for the trial for the apostles.
J. W. McGarvey (with Philip Y. Pendleton), Commentaries on the New Testament (The Fourfold Gospel, 1914; Acts; and the epistles) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 we found no one inside
we found no one inside
The words "no one" refer to the apostles. This implies that there was no one else in the jail cell besides the apostles. AT: "we did not find them inside" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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report
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