“But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,”
and all the elders of Israel - and sent to the jail for the apostles - the 'elders of Israel' (presbyteroi tou Israēl) extends the assembly beyond the priestly party. The decision to retrieve the apostles from jail is made before anyone realizes they have escaped, showing bureaucratic motion meeting divine action in dramatic irony.
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