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16 Also the people from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick or afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.
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Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.
17 But the high priest rose up, along with all his associates (that is the sect of the Sadducees ), and they were filled with jealousy.
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Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
18 They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.
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They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and taking them out he said,
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But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out.
20 "Go, stand and speak to the people in the temple the whole message of this Life."
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“Go, stand in the temple courts,” he said, “and tell the people all about this new life.”
21 Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.
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At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.
22 But the officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported back,
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But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they went back and reported,
23 saying, "We found the prison house locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we had opened up, we found no one inside."
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“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
24 Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what would come of this.
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On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss, wondering what this might lead to.
25 But someone came and reported to them, "The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!"
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Then someone came and said, “Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people.”
26 Then the captain went along with the officers and proceeded to bring them back without violence (for they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned ).
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At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them.
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