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Acts 5:22
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20 “Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people aall the words of this life.”  
21 And when they heard that, they entered the temple early in the morning and taught. aBut the high priest and those with him came and called the1 council together, with all the2 elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.  

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22 But when the officers came and did not find them in the prison, they returned and reported,
23 saying, “Indeed we found the prison shut securely, and the guards standing1 outside before the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”  
24 Now when1 the high priest, athe captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these things, they wondered what the outcome would be.  
25 So one came and told them,1 saying, “Look, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!”  
26 Then the captain went with the officers and brought them without violence, afor they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.  
27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,
Verse Comparison: Acts 5:22

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American Standard Version
But the officers that came found them not in the prison; and they returned, and told,

Amplified® Bible
But when the attendants arrived there, they failed to find them in the jail; so they came back and reported,

Contemporary English Version
The temple police who were sent to the jail did not find the apostles. They returned and said,

Darby English Version
And when the officers were come, they did not find them in the prison; and returned and reported

Good News Bible
But when the officials arrived, they did not find the apostles in prison, so they returned to the Council and reported,

International Standard Version
When the temple police got there, they did not find them in the prison. They came back and reported,

King James Version
But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,

New American Standard Bible
But the officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported back,

New International Version
But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they went back and reported,

New King James Version
But when the officers came and did not find them in the prison, they returned and reported,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But the officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported back,

Young's Literal Translation
and the officers having come, did not find them in the prison, and having turned back, they told,


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