22 But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report: 23 “We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.” 24 When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
Acts 5:22–24
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John 7:44–46
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2 Maccabees 14:31–33
31 But the other, when he became aware that he had been bravely defeated by the strategy of Judas, came to the great and holy temple, while the priests were offering the usual sacrifices, and commanded them to hand over the man. (WEB) 32 When they declared with oaths that… (WEB)
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