Day 26 — Imprisoned and Freed (Acts 5:17-26) | May 21

The Sadducees, filled with jealousy over the apostles' influence, arrest all of them and throw them in public jail. But during the night, an angel opens the doors, leads them out, and instructs them to go stand in the temple courts and tell people the full message of this new life. At daybreak, they're back at the temple teaching as if nothing happened. Meanwhile, the Sanhedrin assembles for the trial and sends for the prisoners, only to discover the jail locked and guarded but completely empty. When someone reports the apostles are teaching at the temple, the captain brings them back without force, fearing the crowd might stone them for arresting such popular figures. God's mission can't be contained by human locks. When God opens a door, chains become irrelevant.