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19 But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out and said, 20 “Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.”[a] 21 And when they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and taught.

Now the high priest came and those who were with him and called together the council and all the senate of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

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Footnotes

  1. 5.20 Life: cf. Acts 9.2, “the Way.” These terms recall the words of Jesus, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life” (Jn 14.6).

19 But during the night an angel(A) of the Lord opened the doors of the jail(B) and brought them out.(C) 20 “Go, stand in the temple courts,” he said, “and tell the people all about this new life.”(D)

21 At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people.

When the high priest and his associates(E) arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin(F)—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

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