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Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, [but] without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.
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And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,
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saying, We strictly charged you not to teach in this name: and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
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But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.
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The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, hanging him on a tree.
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Him did God exalt with his right hand [to be] a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
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And we are witnesses of these things; and [so is] the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
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But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and minded to slay them.
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But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in honor of all the people, and commanded to put the men forth a little while.
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And he said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves as touching these men, what ye are about to do.
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For before these days rose up Theudas, giving himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nought.