Acts 5:21-23

Expanded Bible

²¹ When the apostles heard this, they obeyed and went into the Temple [^Ccourts; 2:46] early in the morning and ·continued [or began] teaching.

When the high priest and his friends arrived, they called a meeting of the ·leaders [^LSanhedrin; 4:15] ·and [or that is,] ·all the important elders [^Lthe whole senate/council of the sons of Israel]. They sent some men to the ·jail [prison] to bring the apostles to them. ²² But, upon arriving, the ·officers [temple police] could not find the apostles. So they went back and reported to the leaders. ²³ They said, “·The jail was [^LWe found the jail] closed and locked, and the guards were standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors, ·the jail was empty [^Lwe found no one inside]!”