Act 5:23
Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
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He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. {bringeth: Heb. maketh frustrate}
And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, {that} he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
{There is} no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Who {is} he {that} saith, and it cometh to pass, {when} the Lord commandeth {it} not?
And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, {and} spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. {counsellors: or, governors}
And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast {them} into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: