16. People came from all the towns around Jerusalem. They brought those who were sick or troubled by evil spirits. All of them were healed.
17. The high priest and all his friends, a group called the Sadducees, became very jealous.
18. They grabbed the apostles and put them in jail.
19. But during the night, an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail. The angel led the apostles outside and said,
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.