When the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full council of the Israelites—and sent orders to the jail to have them brought.^a ²²But when the servants got there, they did not find them in the jail; so they returned and reported, ²³“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.” ²⁴As^B the captain of the temple police and the chief priests heard these things, they were baffled about them, wondering what would come of this.

²⁵Someone came and reported to them, “Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple and teaching the people.” ²⁶Then the commander went with the servants and brought them in without force, because they were afraid the people might stone them.^b ²⁷After they brought them in, they had them stand before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest asked, ²⁸“Didn’t we strictly order you not to teach in this name?^c Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.”^d

²⁹Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than people. ³⁰The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus,^e whom you had murdered by hanging him on a tree.^f ³¹God exalted this man to his right hand as ruler and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.^g ³²We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit^h whom God has given to those who obey him.”

GAMALIEL’S ADVICE

³³When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.ⁱ

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Footnotes

BOther add the high priest and

Cross references

a Mt 5:22; Ac 4:6; 5:27,34,41
b Ac 4:21; 5:13
c Jn 14:13; Ac 3:16; 1Jn 3:23
d Mt 27:25; Ac 2:23,36; 3:15; 4:10; 7:52
e Ac 2:24; 3:13
f Ac 10:39; 13:29; Gl 3:13; 1Pt 2:24
g Ac 2:33; 3:15
h Lk 24:48; Jn 15:26; Ac 15:28; Heb 2:4
i Ac 2:37; 7:54