Acts 5:22

Act 5:22 . ὑπηρέται : apparently some of the Temple guard, Act 5:26 ; see above on ὁ στρατηγός Act 4:1 , and Edersheim, Temple and its Services , pp. 119, 120. In the N.T. the word is not used of the military. ἀναστρέψαντες : used only here in this sense (Act 15:16 is not strictly a parallel), cf. LXX, Gen 8:9 , 1Ki 21 (20):5, and frequently.

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

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.

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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prison

report

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22. οἱ δὲ παραγενόμενοι ὑπηρέται with אAB. The Vulg. has ‘cum autem venissent ministri.’

22. οἱ δὲ παραγενόμενοι ὑπηρέται, but the officers that came. The word may refer to some military body, or it may have been only some of the Levitical guard who were sent. The same word is used (Luk 4:20) for the ‘minister’ of the synagogue.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Officers [υπηρεται] See on Mt 5:25.

Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.