They made [the Apostles] appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest. “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.” Furious [they] wanted to put [the Apostles] to death. (Acts 5:27–28, 33, NIV 1984).
A Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and…addressed them: “Men of Israel, consider carefully what you intend to do to these men [the Apostles]. I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.” (Acts 5:34–39, NIV 1984).
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