The prisoners were at the temple courts: Effective Ministy P/6

                                                      Read Part One HERE

                                                      A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS 

                                                                               PART V -XII 

"I, Peter, together with the other apostles, had been put in jail once again.... However, very early in the morning a angel had appeared in our cell and had taken us out of the prison.... He then told us as well that we were to go back to the temple courts to teach the people... That's what we did.... We were then interrupted by a group of officers.... They were not impressed by what we were doing.... Quite the opposite.... They told us to stop teaching.... And they told us they needed us to come with them.... Apparently the Religious Leaders are waiting for us.... They were expecting us to be in prison....But that was not the case.... Instead, they found us at the temple courts.... They must be wondering how that could be."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that the officers did find the apostles at the temple courts and took them away....

                  ATTACHMENT A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS

                                                              PART  - XII

The solution to the predicament of the religious leaders came when they were told that the men they had put in jail the night before were now preaching at the Temple courts as you can read in Acts 5:25-26

Then someone came and said, "Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people. At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them.

 How the apostoles got there no-one could explain. And it certainly was a very embarrassing situation for the religious leaders. Nevertheless, they decided that they could not let them carry on with their teaching and preaching but had to have these men appear before them.

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