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

Nov 22

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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!”

Nov 22

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highlighted Acts 5:27 NLT

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

Nov 22

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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.

Nov 22

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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!”

Nov 22

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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.

Nov 22

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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!”

Nov 22

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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,

Nov 22

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.

Nov 22

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highlighted Acts 5:20 NLT

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

Nov 22

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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,

Nov 22

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highlighted Acts 5:18 NLT

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

Nov 22

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highlighted Acts 5:17 NLT

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

Nov 22

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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.

Nov 22

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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.

Nov 22

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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.

Nov 22

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