but when they arrived, they didn’t find them there. So they went back and told their leaders,
Peter had followed Jesus from a distance, and now he came as close as the courtyard. He went in and sat down with the guards to see what would happen.
“We found the jail locked up tight, with guards standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors, we didn’t find anyone inside.”
So the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles back. But they didn’t use force, because they were afraid that if they did, the people would stone them.
In the morning the soldiers were in an uproar because no one could figure out what had happened to Peter.