Acts 5:17-26 - The Apostles Arrested And Imprisoned

17 And the high priest, rising up, and all those with him, being the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy, 18 and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in a public prison. 19 But an angel of the Lord, by night, opened the prison doors; and, having led them out, said, 20 "Go, and, standing, speak in the temple, to the people, all the words of this life." 21 And, having heard this, they entered at dawn, into the temple, and were teaching. And the high priest, having come, and those with him, called together the Sanhedrin, and all the senate of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison-house to have them brought. 22 But the officers, having come, did not find them in the prison, and, returning, they told, 23 saying, "The prison-house we found shut in all safety, and the prison-keepers standing at the doors; but, having opened, we found no one within." 24 Now, when both the captain of the temple and the high priests heard these words, they were thoroughly perplexed concerning them, what this might become.

25 But a certain one, coming near, told them, "Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people!" 26 Then the captain, having gone away with the officers, brought them, not with violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;