Acts 5:17-26 - The Apostles Arrested And Imprisoned
17 This aroused bitter indignation among the high priest and his followers who were of the sect of the Sadducees, 18 and they apprehended the apostles, and threw them into the public prison. 19 But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors during the night, and let them out. 20 He said to them, "Go take your stand in the Temple, and continue to tell the people all the words of this Life." 21 When they heard this they went at early dawn to the Temple, and began to teach. Meantime when the high priest and his followers arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin and all the Council of the Elders of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to fetch the apostles. 22 But the officers who went did not find them in the prison; so they came back and reported, 23 "The prison we found locked fast, with the guards stationed at the doors, but when they were opened we found no one inside." 24 When the officer in charge of the Temple and the high priest heard these words, they were perplexed concerning them, wondering what would come of it.
25 And some one came and told them that the very men whom they had put in prison were standing in the Temple, and teaching to the people. 26 On this the officer went off with his men and fetched them, not, however, by force, for they were afraid that the people would stone them.