Acts 5:17-25

¹⁷But the high priest stood up, along with all his associates (that is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy. ¹⁸They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public prison. ¹⁹But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and leading them out, he said, ²⁰“Go, stand and speak to the people in the temple area the whole message of this Life.” ²¹Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple area about daybreak and began to teach.

Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, that is, all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison for them to be brought. ²²But the officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported, ²³saying, “We found the prison locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.” ²⁴Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what would come of this. ²⁵But someone came and reported to them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple area and teaching the people!”