LESSON
24
OPEN
PERSECUTION BEGINS
Acts 5:17-25
King James Version (KJV)
17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were
filled with indignation, 18 And laid their hands on the
apostles, and put them in the common prison. 19 But the angel
of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth,
and said, 20 Go, stand
and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. 21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the
morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called
the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent
to the prison to have them brought. 22 But when the officers came, and found
them not in the prison, they returned and told, 23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the
keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found
no man within. 24 Now when
the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these
things, they doubted of
them whereunto this would grow. 25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold,
the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the
people.
