¹⁸ Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

²² But the officers who came didn't find them in the prison. They returned and reported,

²³ "We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!"

²⁴ Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

²⁵ One came and told them, "Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people."

²⁷ The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

²³ About that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.