The priests and rulers were filled with indignation, and laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. Paul returns to Jerusalem where he is arrested and a long period of confinement in various locations begins.The public nature of the jail also suggests that the authorities wanted to make an example of the apostles, showing that their message would not be tolerated. When the high priest and his companions arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin, the full senate of the Israelites, and sent to the jail to have them brought in. The chief priests arrested the apostles for teaching and healing in Jesus' name (Acts –18). The Sadducees came and arrested Peter and John for were preaching the gospel in Solomon's Portico. After a night in jail the two were released. (17-18) The arrest and imprisonment of the apostles. They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. But an angel of the Lord came at night, opened the gates of the jail, and brought them out.