Acts 5:17-26 - The Apostles Arrested And Imprisoned
17 Now the high priest took a stand, and all his friends, the party of the Sadducees; and being filled with jealousy, 18 they had the apostles arrested and put into the common jail. 19 But in the night the angel of the Lord threw open the jail doors and let them out, and said to them, 20 "Go and take your stand in the temple square and continue to tell the people the message of this new life." 21 So they obeyed, and about the break of day they went into the temple square and began to teach. The high priest and his party arrived and called a meeting of the council and the whole senate of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have the men brought in. 22 But the attendants who went for them could not find them in the jail, and so came back and 23 reported, "We found the prison safely locked and the keepers on duty at the doors, but on opening the doors we found no one on the inside." 24 When the military commander of the temple square and the high priest heard this, they were utterly at a loss to know how this might turn out.
25 But somebody came by and reported to them, "The men that you put in jail are standing right here in the temple square, teaching the people." 26 Then the military commander went with his attendants and brought them back, but without any violence, for they were afraid of being pelted with stones by the people.