Acts 5:22-32 - The Apostles On Trial Again

22 But the officers, having come, did not find them in the prison, and, returning, they told, 23 saying, "The prison-house we found shut in all safety, and the prison-keepers standing at the doors; but, having opened, we found no one within." 24 Now, when both the captain of the temple and the high priests heard these words, they were thoroughly perplexed concerning them, what this might become.

25 But a certain one, coming near, told them, "Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people!" 26 Then the captain, having gone away with the officers, brought them, not with violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned; 27 and, having brought them, they set them before the Sanhedrin. And the high priest asked them, 28 saying, "We strictly charged you not to teach in This Name; and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching! and intend to bring upon us the blood of This Man!"

29 But Peter and the apostles, answering, said, "It is proper to obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, Whom ye slew, having suspended Him on a tree: 31 This One God exalted as a Prince and Savior, with His right hand, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins. 32 And we are witnesses of these things; also the Holy Spirit, Whom God gave to those who obey Him."