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and the officers having come, did not find them in the prison, and having turned back, they told,
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saying -- `The prison indeed we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors, and having opened -- within we found no one.'
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And as the priest, and the magistrate of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these words, they were doubting concerning them to what this would come;
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and coming near, a certain one told them, saying -- `Lo, the men whom ye did put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people;'
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then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;
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and having brought them, they set [them] in the sanhedrim, and the chief priest questioned them,
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saying, `Did not we strictly command you not to teach in this name? and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and ye intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.'
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And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;
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and the God of our fathers did raise up Jesus, whom ye slew, having hanged upon a tree;
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this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;
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and we are His witnesses of these sayings, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God gave to those obeying him.'