15. Then sick people were brought out to the road and placed on stretchers and mats. It was hoped that Peter would walk by, and his shadow would fall on them and heal them.
16. A lot of people living in the towns near Jerusalem brought those who were sick or troubled by evil spirits, and they were all healed.
17. The high priest and all the other Sadducees who were with him became jealous.
18. They arrested the apostles and put them in the city jail.
19. But that night an angel from the Lord opened the doors of the jail and led the apostles out. The angel said,
20. “Go to the temple and tell the people everything about this new life.”
21. So they went into the temple before sunrise and started teaching.The high priest and his men called together their council, which included all Israel's leaders. Then they ordered the apostles to be brought to them from the jail.