Acts 5:17–29

¹⁷Then ^xthe high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the ^ySadducees,) and were filled with ^||indignation, ¹⁸And ^zlaid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common ^aprison. ¹⁹But ^bthe angel of the Lord by night ^copened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, ²⁰Go, stand and speak ^din the temple to the people all ^ethe words of this life. ²¹And when they heard that, they entered ^fginto the temple ^gearly in the morning, and taught. ^hBut the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called ⁱthe council together, and all ^kthe senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. ²²But when the ^lofficers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told, ²³Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within. ²⁴Now when the ^llhigh priest and the ^mcaptain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they ⁿdoubted of them whereunto this would grow. ²⁵Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing ^fin the temple, and teaching the people. ²⁶Then went the ^mcaptain with the ^lofficers, and brought them without violence: ^ofor they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. ²⁷And when they had brought them, they set them before ⁱthe council: and the high priest asked them, ²⁸Saying, ^pDid not we ^qstraitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and ^rintend to bring this man’s ^sblood upon us. ²⁹Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, ^tWe ought to obey God rather than men.