Acts 5:21
“And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.”
But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,
Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
Counter-Arguments
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Cross-References
“Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?”
“When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:”
“Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?”
“Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.”
“And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,”