Acts 5:23-33

23 "When we arrived at the jail, we found it locked up tight and all the guards on watch at the gates; but when we opened the gates, we found no one inside!"
24 When the chief priests and the officer in charge of the Temple guards heard this, they wondered what had happened to the apostles.
25 Then a man came in and said to them, "Listen! The men you put in prison are in the Temple teaching the people!"
26 So the officer went off with his men and brought the apostles back. They did not use force, however, because they were afraid that the people might stone them.
27 They brought the apostles in, made them stand before the Council, and the High Priest questioned them.
28 "We gave you strict orders not to teach in the name of this man," he said; "but see what you have done! You have spread your teaching all over Jerusalem, and you want to make us responsible for his death!" 1
29 Peter and the other apostles answered, "We must obey God, not men.
30 The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from death, after you had killed him by nailing him to a cross.
31 God raised him to his right side as Leader and Savior, to give the people of Israel the opportunity to repent and have their sins forgiven.
32 We are witnesses to these things - we and the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to those who obey him."
33 When the members of the Council heard this, they were so furious that they wanted to have the apostles put to death.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 5.28Matthew 27.25.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.