Acts 5:23
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“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.”
ἵστημι
To stand, to set, to place. Histemi. Having done all stand. Stand therefore. When you have done everything else there is still this. Stand in what Christ has already accomplished.
ἔσω
inside
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ἔσω
Inner, within. Eso. Strengthened with power in the inner man. The inner life is the source of the outer life. What God builds inside eventually appears outside.
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εὑρίσκω
we found
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εὑρίσκω
To find, to discover, to obtain. Heurisko. Seek and you will find. The finding is guaranteed for those who seek. God is findable because He wants to be found.
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θύρα
doors,
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θύρα
Door, gate, entrance. Thura. I am the door. Whoever enters through Me will be saved. Jesus is not a door among many options. He is the door. The only way in.
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οὐδείς
no one
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οὐδείς
No one, nothing, none. No one can snatch them out of My hand. The security of the believer rests not in their grip but in His. And His grip never fails.
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λέγω
saying
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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μέν
indeed
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μέν
properly, indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with G1161 (δέ) (this one, the former, etc.)
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ἔξω
outside
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ἔξω
out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively
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κλείω
shut
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κλείω
to close (literally or figuratively)
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δεσμωτήριον
prison house
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δεσμωτήριον
a place of bondage, i.e. a dungeon
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φύλαξ
guards
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φύλαξ
a watcher or sentry
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