The Apostles Jailed and Freed

¹⁷ But the high priest rose up and those with him (that is ^(A)the sect of ^(B)the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy. ¹⁸ And they laid hands on the apostles and ^(C)put them in a public jail. ¹⁹ But during the night ^(D)an angel of the ^[a]Lord opened the doors of the prison, and taking them out, he said, ²⁰ “Go, stand and ^[b]speak to the people in the temple ^[c](E)the whole message of this Life.” ²¹ Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple ^(F)about daybreak and began to teach.

Now when ^(G)the high priest and those with him came, they called ^(H)the Sanhedrin together, even all the Council of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the jailhouse for them to be brought. ²² But ^(I)the officers who came did not find them in the prison, and they returned and reported back, ²³ saying, “We found the jailhouse locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors, but we opened it and found no one inside.” ²⁴ Now when ^(J)the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what ^[d]would come of this. ²⁵ But someone came and reported to them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!” ²⁶ Then ^(K)the captain went along with ^(L)the officers and proceeded to bring them back without violence (for ^(M)they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned).