Acts 5:22
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But when the ministers came and opening the prison found them not there, they returned and told,

Matthew 26:58
And Peter followed him afar off, even to the court of the high priest, And going in, he sat with the servants, that he might see the end.

Acts 5:23
Saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing before the door: but opening it, we found no man within.

Acts 5:26
Then went the officer with the ministers and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.

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But when the ministers came and opening the prison found them not there, they returned and told,

Context
The Apostles Arrested and Freed
21Who having heard this, early in the morning, entered into the temple and taught. And the high priest coming, and they that were with him, called together the council and all the ancients of the children of Israel: and they sent to the prison to have them brought. 22But when the ministers came and opening the prison found them not there, they returned and told, 23Saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all diligence, and the keepers standing before the door: but opening it, we found no man within.…
Lexicon
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

on arriving
παραγενόμενοι (paragenomenoi)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3854: From para and ginomai; to become near, i.e. Approach; by implication, to appear publicly.

at
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

jail,
φυλακῇ (phylakē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5438: From phulasso; a guarding or, the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or, the time, literally or figuratively.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

officers
ὑπηρέται (hypēretai)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5257: From hupo and a derivative of eresso; an under-oarsman, i.e. subordinate.

did not find
εὗρον (heuron)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

them [there].
αὐτοὺς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

[So]
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

they returned
ἀναστρέψαντες (anastrepsantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 390: From ana and strepho; to overturn; also to return; by implication, to busy oneself, i.e. Remain, live.

with the report:
ἀπήγγειλαν (apēngeilan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 518: To report (from one place to another), bring a report, announce, declare. From apo and the base of aggelos; to announce.


Additional Translations
But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:

But the officers, having come, did not find them in the prison. And having returned, they reported back,

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

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

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

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

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

But the officers went and could not find them in the prison. So they came back and brought word,

But the officers who came didn't find them in the prison. They returned and reported,

and the officers having come, did not find them in the prison, and having turned back, they told,
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