Acts 5:17-21

Imprisonment and Release

17 But the high priest rose up, along with all his associates (that is ¹the sect of ²the Sadducees ), and they were filled with jealousy.

18 They laid hands on the apostles and ³put them in a public jail.

19 But during the night ⁴an angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and taking them out he said,

20 "Go, stand and speak to the people in the temple ⁵the whole message of this Life."

21 Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple ⁶about daybreak and began to teach. Now when ⁷the high priest and his associates came, they called ⁸the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 15:5
• 2. Matthew 3:7; Acts 4:1
• 3. Acts 4:3
• 4. Matthew 1:20, 24; Matthew 2:13, 19; Matthew 28:2; Luke 1:11; Luke 2:9; Acts 8:26; Acts 10:3; Acts 12:7, 23; Acts 27:23
• 5. John 6:63, 68
• 6. John 8:2
• 7. Acts 4:6
• 8. Matthew 5:22; Acts 5:27, 34, 41

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "continue to speak"
• [b]. Lit "all the words"
• [c]. Or "Sanhedrin"