22. When the temple guards arrived at the prison, they didn’t find the apostles. The guards came back and reported,
23. “We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors. However, when we opened the doors, we found no one inside.”
24. When the officer of the temple guards and the chief priests heard this, they were puzzled about what could have happened.
25. Then someone told them, “The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courtyard. They’re teaching the people.”