Acts 5:22-32 - The Apostles On Trial Again
22 The officers did not find them in the prison when they came. So they returned and said, 23 We found the prison locked with the guards standing before the doors. When we opened it we did not find a man. 24 When the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted them. They wondered what this would come to.
25 Someone came to them and told them: The men you put in prison are standing in the temple teaching the people. 26 Then the captain with the officers brought them in without violence. They feared the people lest they should have been stoned. 27 They brought them before the council and the high priest asked them: 28 Did we command you not to teach in this name? Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and are willing to bring this man's blood upon us.
29 Peter and the other apostles answered: We must obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed. You hanged him on a stake. 31 God exalted him to his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 32 We are witnesses of these things. The Holy Spirit, which God gave to those who obey him, also witnessed.