But when the Temple guards went to the jail, the men were gone. So they returned to the council and reported,
Meanwhile, Peter followed him at a distance and came to the high priest’s courtyard. He went in and sat with the guards and waited to see how it would all end.
At dawn there was a great commotion among the soldiers about what had happened to Peter.
“The jail was securely locked, with the guards standing outside, but when we opened the gates, no one was there!”
The captain went with his Temple guards and arrested the apostles, but without violence, for they were afraid the people would stone them.