They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out.But Paul said to them, they have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust as out privily? Saul of Tarsus, a Pharisee in Jerusalem after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, swore to wipe out the new Christian church, called The Way. The men he is setting free are Jesus' apostles. Let's find out what led to their being put in prison. In this account, the high priest rose up against the apostles and had them arrested and thrown into prison. So what was it about Paul, as well as Jesus and many other Christians, that led the state to jail and then execute them as political heretics? He would go from house to house, drag out both men and women and have them committed to prison. While it covers a period of a little more than three decades, it is filled with important lessons for the church in every age.