Acts 5:19-23

19But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, and leading them out, he said,

20“Go, stand and continue to tell the people in the temple [courtyards] the whole message of this Life [the eternal life revealed by Christ and found through faith in Him].”

21When they heard this, they went into the temple [courtyards] about daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), even all the council of elders of the sons of Israel, and sent word to the prison for the apostles to be brought [before them].

22But when the officers arrived, they did not find them in the prison; and they came back and reported,

23“We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened [the doors], we found no one inside.”