23. “We found the jail securely locked and the guards stationed outside the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
24. When they heard this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss about them, as to what this would come to.
25. Then someone came in and reported to them, “The men whom you put in prison are in the temple area and are teaching the people.”
26. Then the captain and the court officers went and brought them in, but without force, because they were afraid of being stoned by the people.