10 When they were past the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, (A)which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

Read full chapter

19 But at night (A)an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,

Read full chapter

26 (A)Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately (B)all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.

Read full chapter

Cyrus, God’s Instrument

45 “Thus says the Lord to His anointed,
To (A)Cyrus, whose (B)right hand I have [a]held—
(C)To subdue nations before him
And (D)loose the armor of kings,
To open before him the double doors,
So that the gates will not be shut:
‘I will go before you
(E)And[b] make the [c]crooked places straight;
(F)I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:1 strengthened or sustained
  2. Isaiah 45:2 Tg. I will trample down the walls; Vg. I will humble the great ones of the earth
  3. Isaiah 45:2 DSS, LXX mountains

The Apostles Commissioned(A)

19 (B)Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were [a]assembled, for (C)fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, (D)“Peace be with you.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. John 20:19 NU omits assembled

[a]Then he cried, “A lion, my Lord!
I stand continually on the (A)watchtower in the daytime;
I have sat at my post every night.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 21:8 DSS Then the observer cried, “My Lord!

34 They put him (A)under guard, because it had not been explained what should be done to him.

Read full chapter

17 So he [a]put them all together in prison (A)three days.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 42:17 Lit. gathered

(A)So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.

Read full chapter

The Faithful Church

“And to the [a]angel of the church in Philadelphia write,

‘These things says (A)He who is holy, (B)He who is true, (C)“He who has the key of David, (D)He who opens and no one shuts, and (E)shuts and no one opens”:

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 3:7 Or messenger

So (A)when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four [a]squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Acts 12:4 Gr. tetrads, squads of four

26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!”

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends