¹⁵ But when they had commanded them to leave the council, they conferred with one another,

³⁰ Then the king rose, and ^(A)the governor and Bernice and those who were sitting with them. ³¹ And when they had withdrawn, they said to one another, ^(B)“This man is doing nothing to deserve death or imprisonment.” ³² And Agrippa said to Festus, ^(C)“This man could have been set ^(D)free if he had not appealed ^(E)to Caesar.”

²² But I say to you that ^(A)everyone who is angry with his brother^[a] will be liable ^(B)to judgment; whoever insults^[b] his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to ^(C)the hell^[c] of fire.

³⁴ But a Pharisee in the council named ^(A)Gamaliel, ^(B)a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while. ³⁵ And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take care what you are about to do with these men. ³⁶ For ^(C)before these days Theudas rose up, ^(D)claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. ³⁷ After him Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of ^(E)the census and drew away some of the people after him. He too perished, and all who followed him were scattered. ³⁸ So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for ^(F)if this plan or this undertaking is of man, it will fail; ³⁹ but ^(G)if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You ^(H)might even be found opposing God!” So they took his advice, ⁴⁰ and ^(I)when they had called in the apostles, ^(J)they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. ⁴¹ Then they left the presence of the council, ^(K)rejoicing that they were counted worthy ^(L)to suffer dishonor for ^(M)the name. ⁴² And every day, ^(N)in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and ^(O)preaching ^(P)that the Christ is Jesus.