Acts 5:18-23
New King James Version
18 (A)and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison. 19 But at night (B)an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, 20 “Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people (C)all the words of this life.”
21 And when they heard that, they entered the temple early in the morning and taught. (D)But the high priest and those with him came and called the [a]council together, with all the [b]elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
Apostles on Trial Again
22 But when the officers came and did not find them in the prison, they returned and reported, 23 saying, “Indeed we found the prison shut securely, and the guards standing [c]outside before the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”
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