Acts 5:22

New American Bible - revised edition

But the court officers who went did not find them in the prison, so they came back and reported,

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Peter was following him at a distance as far as the high priest’s courtyard, and going inside he sat down with the servants to see the outcome.

At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.

“We found the jail securely locked and the guards stationed outside the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

Then the captain and the court officers went and brought them in, but without force, because they were afraid of being stoned by the people.