'Released' in the Bible
So [after] threatening [them] further, they released them, finding no way to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.
And [when they] were released, they went to their own [people] and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
And they summoned the apostles, beat [them], commanded [them] not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released [them].
And the jailer reported these words to Paul: "The chief magistrates have sent [an order] that you should be released. So come out now [and] go in peace!"
And [after] taking money as security from Jason and the rest, they released them.
But on the next day, [because he] wanted to know the true [reason] why he was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble, and he brought down Paul [and] had [him] stand before them.
And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar."