14 Believers were added to the Lord in increasing numbers — crowds of both men and women.
15 As a result, they would carry the sick out into the streets and lay them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.
16 In addition, a large group came together from the towns surrounding Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.
17 Then the high priest took action. He and all his colleagues, those who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
18 So they arrested the apostles and put them in the city jail.
19 But an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail during the night, brought them out, and said,
20 “Go and stand in the temple complex, and tell the people all about this life.”