20. “Go and stand in the Temple area. Tell the people everything about this new life.”
21. When the apostles heard this, they did what they were told. They went into the Temple area about sunrise and began to teach the people. The high priest and his friends came together and called a meeting of the high council and all the older Jewish leaders. They sent some men to the jail to bring the apostles to them.
22. When the men went to the jail, they could not find the apostles there. So they went back and told the Jewish leaders about this.
23. They said, “The jail was closed and locked. The guards were standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors, the jail was empty!”
24. The captain of the Temple guards and the leading priests heard this. They were confused and wondered what it all meant.
25. Then another man came and told them, “Listen! The men you put in jail are standing in the Temple area teaching the people.”