17 The high priest and all his companions were Sadducees. They were very jealous of the apostles.
18 So they arrested them and put them in the public prison.
19 But during the night an angel of the Lord came. He opened the prison doors and brought the apostles out.
20 "Go! Stand in the temple courtyard," the angel said. "Tell the people all about this new life."
21 Early the next day they did as they had been told. They entered the temple courtyard. There they began to teach the people. The high priest and his companions arrived. They called the Sanhedrin together. The Sanhedrin was a gathering of all the elders of Israel. They sent for the apostles who were in prison.
22 The officers arrived at the prison. But they didn't find the apostles there. So they went back and reported it.
23 "We found the prison locked up tight," they said. "The guards were standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors, we didn't find anyone inside."