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20 "Go, stand and speak to the people in the temple the whole message of this Life."
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“Go, stand in the temple courts,” he said, “and tell the people all about this new life.”
21 Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.
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At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.
22 But the officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported back,
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But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they went back and reported,
23 saying, "We found the prison house locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we had opened up, we found no one inside."
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“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”
24 Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what would come of this.
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On hearing this report, the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests were at a loss, wondering what this might lead to.
25 But someone came and reported to them, "The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!"
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Then someone came and said, “Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people.”
26 Then the captain went along with the officers and proceeded to bring them back without violence (for they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned ).
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At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the people would stone them.
27 When they had brought them, they stood them before the Council. The high priest questioned them,
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The apostles were brought in and made to appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest.
28 saying, "We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man's blood upon us."
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“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.”
29 But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.
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Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!
30 "The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had put to death by hanging Him on a cross.
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The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead—whom you killed by hanging him on a cross.
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