Acts 5:27-42 - The Apostles On Trial Before The Sanhedrin
27 And leading them, they placed them in the council, and the chief priests asked them, saying, 28 With commandment we commanded you not to teach in this name; and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching; and you are determined to bring upon us the blood of this man.
29 But Peter and the apostles responding said, It behooves us to obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you have slain, hanging him on the wood; 31 Him hath God exalted at His own right hand, a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance and remission of sins to Israel. 32 And we are witnesses of these words, and the Holy Ghost, whom God has given to those who obey him.
33 And hearing, they were cut through and were minded to kill them. 34 But a certain Pharisee, Gamaliel by name, a teacher of the law, honorable to all the people, rising in the sanhedrim command them to put the men out for a short time, 35 and he said to them; Israelitish men, take heed to yourselves in reference to these men what you are about to do. 36 For before these days Theudas arose, saying that he was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, adhered, who were slain, and all, so many as confided in him, were dispersed, and came to nothing. 37 After him Judas the Galilean arose, in the days of the enrollment, and led the people after him; he also perished, and all, so many as confided in him, were scattered abroad. 38 And I now say this to you: Stand aloof from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught; 39 but if it be of God, you will not be able to destroy them, lest perchance you may also be found fighting against God. 40 And they obeyed him, and having called the apostles, beating them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and sent them away. 41 Then they departed from the face of the sanhedrim, rejoicing indeed, because they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of his name. 42 And all day in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased not teaching and preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.