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But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,
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Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.
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And hearing this, they went into the Temple at dawn, and were teaching. But the high priest and those who were with him got together the Sanhedrin and the representatives of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to get them.
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But the men who were sent saw that they were not in the prison, and came back with the news,
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Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.
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Now, at these words, the captain of the Temple and the chief priests were greatly troubled about what might be the end of this business.
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And someone came and said to them, The men, whom you put in prison, are in the Temple teaching the people.
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Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.
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And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,
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We gave you very clear orders not to give teaching in this name: and now Jerusalem is full of your teaching, and you are attempting to make us responsible for this man's death.
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But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.