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and no one else dared to join them. Nevertheless, the people continued to regard them highly;
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and throngs of believers were added to the Lord, both men and women.
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They went so far as to bring the sick into the streets and lay them on mattresses and stretchers, so that at least Kefa's shadow might fall on them as he passed by.
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Crowds also gathered from the towns around Yerushalayim, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits; and every one of them was healed.
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But the cohen hagadol and his associates, who were members of the party of the Tz'dukim, were filled with jealousy.
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They arrested the emissaries and put them in the public jail.
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But during the night, an angel of ADONAI opened the doors of the prison, led them out and said,
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"Go, stand in the Temple court and keep telling the people all about this new life!"
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After hearing that, they entered the Temple area about dawn and began to teach. Now the cohen hagadol and his associates came and called a meeting of the Sanhedrin (that is, of Isra'el's whole assembly of elders) and sent to the jail to have them brought.
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But the officers who went did not find them in the prison. So they returned and reported,
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"We found the jail securely locked and the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened it, we found no one inside!"