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But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.

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“We gave you strict orders never again to teach in this man’s name!” he said. “Instead, you have filled all Jerusalem with your teaching about him, and you want to make us responsible for his death!”

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highlighted Acts 5:27 NLT

Then they brought the apostles before the high council, where the high priest confronted them.

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highlighted Acts 5:26 NLT

The captain went with his Temple guards and arrested the apostles, but without violence, for they were afraid the people would stone them.

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highlighted Acts 5:25 NLT

Then someone arrived with startling news: “The men you put in jail are standing in the Temple, teaching the people!”

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highlighted Acts 5:24 NLT

When the captain of the Temple guard and the leading priests heard this, they were perplexed, wondering where it would all end.

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highlighted Acts 5:23 NLT

“The jail was securely locked, with the guards standing outside, but when we opened the gates, no one was there!”

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highlighted Acts 5:22 NLT

But when the Temple guards went to the jail, the men were gone. So they returned to the council and reported,

over 9 years ago

So at daybreak the apostles entered the Temple, as they were told, and immediately began teaching. When the high priest and his officials arrived, they convened the high council—the full assembly of the elders of Israel. Then they sent for the apostles to be brought from the jail for trial.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Acts 5:20 NLT

“Go to the Temple and give the people this message of life!”

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highlighted Acts 5:19 NLT

But an angel of the Lord came at night, opened the gates of the jail, and brought them out. Then he told them,

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highlighted Acts 5:18 NLT

They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

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highlighted Acts 5:17 NLT

The high priest and his officials, who were Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

over 9 years ago

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highlighted Acts 5:16 NLT

Crowds came from the villages around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those possessed by evil spirits, and they were all healed.

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highlighted Acts 5:15 NLT

As a result of the apostles’ work, sick people were brought out into the streets on beds and mats so that Peter’s shadow might fall across some of them as he went by.

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highlighted Acts 5:14 NLT

Yet more and more people believed and were brought to the Lord—crowds of both men and women.

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