Acts 5:17-26 - The Apostles Arrested And Imprisoned
17 This filled the high priest Annas and his allies, the Sadducean party, with bitter jealousy; 18 they laid hands on the apostles and put them into the public prison, 19 but an angel of the Lord opened the prison-doors during the night and brought them out, saying, 20 "Go and stand in the temple, telling the people all about this Life." 21 With these orders they went into the temple about dawn and proceeded to teach. Meantime the high priest and his allies met, called the Sanhedrin together and the council of seniors belonging to the sons of Israel, and then sent to prison for the men. 22 But as the attendants did not find them when they got to the prison, they came back to report, 23 "We found the prison safely locked up with the sentries posted at the doors, but on opening the doors we found no one inside!" 24 On hearing this the commander of the temple and the high priests were quite at a loss to know what to make of it.
25 However, someone came and reported to them, "Here are the very men you put in prison, standing in the temple and teaching the people!" 26 At this the commander went off with the attendants and fetched them ??but without using violence, for fear that the people would pelt them with stones.