Acts 5:22-32 - The Apostles On Trial Again
22 But the officers that came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and brought word, 23 saying, The prison we found shut in all security and the keepers standing at the doors: but when we opened them, we found no one within. 24 And when the priest, and the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were at a loss concerning them, to what this would come.
25 But one came and brought them word, Lo! the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people. 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence, that they might not be stoned; for they feared the people. 27 And having brought them, they set them before the council. And the highpriest questioned them, 28 saying, We strictly commanded you not to teach in this name, and lo! ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and mean to bring this mans blood upon us.
29 But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew by hanging him on a cross; 31 him hath God exalted by his right hand, as a Leader and Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 32 And we are his witnesses of these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit which God hath given to those who obey him.