Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.

General references

Bible References

The first

Acts 12:4
When he had seized Peter, he put him in prison, turning him over to four squads of soldiers of four each to guard him [in rotation throughout the night], planning after the Passover to bring him out before the people [for execution].
Genesis 40:3
He put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined.
Genesis 42:17
Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
Numbers 15:34
and they put him in custody, because it had not been explained [by God] what should be done to him.
Isaiah 21:8
And the lookout called like a lion,

“O Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower by day,
And I am stationed every night at my guard post.

Which

Acts 5:19
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, and leading them out, he said,
Acts 16:26
suddenly there was a great earthquake, so [powerful] that the very foundations of the prison were shaken and at once all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.
Isaiah 45:1
This is what the Lord says to His anointed, to Cyrus [king of Persia],
Whose right hand I have held
To subdue nations before him,
And I will ungird the loins of kings [disarming them];
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
John 20:19
So when it was evening on that same day, the first day of the week, though the disciples were [meeting] behind barred doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them, and said, Peace to you.”
Revelation 3:7
“And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Philadelphia write:

“These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, He who has the key [to the house] of David, He who opens and no one will [be able to] shut, and He who shuts and no one opens:

General references

Acts 5:19
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, and leading them out, he said,