"We strictly forbade you," he said, "to teach on this authority, and here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and propose to hold us responsible for this man's death!"

and then said, "Men of Israel, take care what you propose to do with these men.

Upon hearing this, the officer went to the colonel and reported it. "What do you propose to do?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen."

You people who propose to be made upright by law have finished with Christ; you have lost your hold upon God's favor.