³⁴But a certain man stood up in the Sanhedrin,ⁱ a Pharisee named^j Gamaliel, a teacher of the law respected by all the people, and^* gave orders to put the men outside for a short time. ³⁵And he said to them, “Men and Israelites, take care for yourselves what you are about to do to these men! ³⁶For before these days, Theudas rose up saying he was somebody. A number of men, about four hundred, joined him.^k He^l was executed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. ³⁷After this man, Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and caused people to follow him in revolt.^m And that one perished, and all who followed him were scattered. ³⁸And now I tell you, keep away from these men, and leave them alone, because if this plan or this matter is from people, it will be overthrown.ⁿ ³⁹But if it is from God, you will not be able to overthrow them, lest you even be found fighting against God.” So they were persuaded by him. ⁴⁰And they summoned the apostles, beat them,^* commanded them^* not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.^* ⁴¹So they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin^o rejoicing, because they had been considered worthy to be dishonored for the sake of the name. ⁴²Every day, both in the temple courts^* and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that the Christ^p was Jesus.

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Footnotes

iOr “council”
jLiterally “by name”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stood up”) has been translated as a finite verb
kLiterally “to whom”
lLiterally “who”
mLiterally “caused people to revolt after him”
nOr “it will fail”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
oOr “council”
*Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
pOr “Messiah”