Acts 5:17-26 - The Apostles Arrested And Imprisoned
17 Then the high priest rose up, and all those of the sect of the Sadducees who were with him were filled with zeal (indignation). 18 They captured the apostles and put them in the common prison. 19 During the night God's angel opened the prison doors, brought them out and said: 20 Go stand in the temple and speak to the people all the sayings about this life. 21 When they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him. He called the council together and all the senate of the children of Israel and sent to the prison to have them brought. 22 The officers did not find them in the prison when they came. So they returned and said, 23 We found the prison locked with the guards standing before the doors. When we opened it we did not find a man. 24 When the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted them. They wondered what this would come to.
25 Someone came to them and told them: The men you put in prison are standing in the temple teaching the people. 26 Then the captain with the officers brought them in without violence. They feared the people lest they should have been stoned.