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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.
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The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree.
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Him God has put on high at his right hand, as a Ruler and a Saviour, to give to Israel a change of heart and forgiveness of sins.
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And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.
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But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death.
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But one of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a man of learning in the law, of whom all the people had a high opinion, got up and made a suggestion for the men to be put outside for a little time.
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And he said to them, Men of Israel, take care what you do about these men.
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For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing.