Acts 5:27-35

English Standard Version

²⁷ And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, ²⁸ saying, ^(A)“We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you ^(B)intend to bring this man's blood upon us.” ²⁹ But Peter and the apostles answered, ^(C)“We must obey God rather than men. ^30 (D)The God of our fathers ^(E)raised Jesus, ^(F)whom you killed by hanging him on ^(G)a tree. ³¹ God exalted ^(H)him at his right hand as ^(I)Leader and ^(J)Savior, ^(K)to give ^(L)repentance to Israel and ^(M)forgiveness of sins. ³² And ^(N)we are witnesses to these things, and ^(O)so is the Holy Spirit, ^(P)whom God has given to those who obey him.”

³³ When they heard this, they ^(Q)were enraged and wanted to kill them. ³⁴ But a Pharisee in the council named ^(R)Gamaliel, ^(S)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.