The Apostles before the Sanhedrin

When the high priest and[fn] the captain of the temple [guard] and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.[fn] 25 Then someone came in [and] announced“Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple [courts] teaching the people!”

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At that point, the captain went with the officers [and] brought [the apostles] — [but] not by force, for fear the people would stone [them]. 27 They brought them in [and] made [them] stand before the Sanhedrin, [where] the high priest interrogated them. 28 “Did we not give you strict orders not to teach in this name?” he asked.[fn]“Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

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But Peter and the other apostles replied vvv“We must obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging [Him] on a tree. 31 God exalted Him to His right hand [as] Prince and Savior, [ in order ] to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel. 32 We are His[fn] witnesses of these things, and so [is] the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

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