But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, led them out and said:
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17Then the high priest and all his circle — the party of the Sadducees — rose up, filled with jealousy. 18They laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison. 19But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, led them out and said: 20“Go, stand in the temple and tell the people the whole message of this life.” 21At daybreak they did as they were told: they entered the temple and began to teach. Meanwhile the high priest and his circle arrived, called the Sanhedrin together — the whole council of elders of the sons of Israel — and sent to the jail to have the men brought in.
