17 Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
18
They 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.
20
“Go, stand in the temple courts,” he said, “and tell the people all about this new life.”
21
At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin—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 went back and reported,
23
“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
4.
Genesis 16:7; Exodus 3:2; Matthew 1:20; Matthew 2:13,19; Matthew 28:2; Luke 1:11; Luke 2:9; S John 20:12; Acts 8:26; Acts 10:3; Acts 12:7,23; Acts 27:23