The Apostles Arrested and Freed

17 Then the high priest and all his associates who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out 18 and arrested the apostles and put them in [the] public jail. 19 But during the night an angel of [the] Lord opened the doors of the jail [and] brought them out, saying, 20 “Go, stand in the temple [courts][fn] [and] tell the people the full message of this [new] life.”

21 At daybreak [the apostles] entered the temple [courts] as they had been told and began to teach [the people]. [When] the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin[fn]—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail [for] [the apostles]. 22 But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them [there]. [So] they returned with the report: 23 “We found the jail securely locked, [with] the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened [them], we found no one inside.”