The miracles and success of the church brought persecution. It was the Sadducees in particular who led this attack. They would be particularly incensed because they did not believe in resurrection. So they arrested the apostles and put them in jail.
However, man cannot stop the work of God. God sent an angel who opened the doors of the jail. The apostles were freed and told to preach the good news in the temple courts. When God is at work there may (in fact, will) be a price to pay, but we need not fear that we will not succeed, all the schemes of men will come to nothing.
The Sanhedrin were rather surprised by the turn of events! First the apostles were no longer in the jail, despite the door being locked, then they discovered them preaching again in the temple courts. The Sanhedrin would have viewed the temple court as their domain, but in reality it was God's domain.
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