7, 8. What effect did the angel’s command no doubt have on the apostles, and we do well to ask ourselves what question?

⁷ Sitting in jail awaiting trial, the apostles may have wondered whether they were about to suffer martyrdom at the hands of their enemies. (Matt. 24:9) But during the night, something most unexpected happened​—“Jehovah’s angel opened the doors of the prison.”b (Acts 5:19)