Acts 5:17-26 - The Apostles Arrested And Imprisoned
17 And the chief priest having risen, and all they with him, (the sect being of the Sadducees,) they were filled with zeal, 18 And put their hands upon the sent, and set them in the public keeping. 19 And a messenger of the Lord by night opened the doors of the prison, and having brought them forth, said, 20 Go ye, and having stood, speak in the temple all the words of this life. 21 And having heard, they came in by morning to the temple, and taught. But the chief priest having approached, and they with him, called the council together, and all the assembly of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison for them to be brought. 22 And the attendants having come near, found them not in the prison, and having returned, they announced, 23 Saying, That we truly found the prison shut with all security, and the watch standing without before the doors: and having opened, we found none within. 24 And when the priest and captain of the temple and chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt of them, what this might be.
25 And a certain one having come near, announced to them, saying, That, behold, the men which ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. 26 Then the commander having gone with attendants, brought them, not with force: for they feared the people, lest they might be stoned.