The Officers Report an Empty Prison

Boldness Under Pressure · Acts 5

Story guide: At daybreak the apostles teach in the Temple. The assembled council sends for them, but the officers report the locked prison empty. Another report locates them teaching.

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21When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and were teaching. But when the high priest arrived, and those with him, they called together the Sanhedrin and the whole council of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

22But when the officers arrived, they did not find them in the prison; so they returned and reported,

23saying, “We found the prison securely locked, and the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened it, we found no one inside.”

24When the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were perplexed about them, wondering what this might come to.

25But someone came and reported to them, “Look, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.”

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