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But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,
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"Go and stand in the Temple, and go on proclaiming to the people all this Message of Life."
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Having received that command they went into the Temple, just before daybreak, and began to teach: So when the High Priest and his party came, and had called together the Sanhedrin as well as all the Elders of the descendants of Israel, they sent to the jail to fetch the Apostles.
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But the officers went and could not find them in the prison. So they came back and brought word,
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saying, "The jail we found quite safely locked, and the warders were on guard at the doors, but upon going in we found no one there."
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When the Commander of the Temple Guards and the High Priests heard this statement, they were utterly at a loss with regard to it, wondering what would happen next.
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And some one came and brought them word, saying, "The men you put in prison are actually in the Temple, standing there, teaching the people."
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Upon this the Commander went with the officers, and brought the Apostles; but without using violence; for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.
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So they brought them and made them stand in front of the Sanhedrin. And then the High Priest questioned them.
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"We strictly forbad you to teach in that name--did we not?" he said. "And see, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and are trying to make us responsible for that man's death!"
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Peter and the other Apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than man.