“SET FREE IN THE OPEN” (SEE PS 18:20)
“Go out now and take your place in the temple precincts and preach to the people all about this new life.” —Acts 5:20 The apostles were in prison, and then the angel of the Lord miraculously set them free (Acts 5:19). In addition to being set free of the physical chains that had bound them in jail, the apostles were also free of the chains of fear which had formerly kept them hidden in the upper room before receiving the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (see Jn 20:19; cf Acts 2:4). It would have been understandable if the apostles had fled...