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15 So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.
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15 So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.
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16 "What are we going to do with these men?" they asked. "Everybody living in Jerusalem knows they have done an outstanding miracle, and we cannot deny it.
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16 "What are we going to do with these men?" they asked. "Everybody living in Jerusalem knows they have done an outstanding miracle, and we cannot deny it.
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17 But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn these men to speak no longer to anyone in this name."
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17 But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn these men to speak no longer to anyone in this name."
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18 Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
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18 Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
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19 But Peter and John replied, "Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God's sight to obey you rather than God.
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19 But Peter and John replied, "Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God's sight to obey you rather than God.
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20 For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard."
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20 For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard."
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21 After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened.
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21 After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened.
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22 For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
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22 For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
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