⁴⁰ and ^(A)when they had called in the apostles, ^(B)they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

¹⁷ Beware of men, for ^(A)they will deliver you over to courts and flog you ^(B)in their synagogues,

²⁴ Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the ^(A)forty lashes less one.

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.”

¹⁷ But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them ^(A)to speak no more to anyone in this name.” ¹⁸ So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. ¹⁹ But Peter and John answered them, ^(B)“Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, ²⁰ for ^(C)we cannot but speak of what ^(D)we have seen and heard.” ²¹ And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, ^(E)because of the people, for all were praising God ^(F)for what had happened.

Jesus Delivered to Be Crucified

19 Then Pilate took Jesus and ^(A)flogged him. ^2 (B)And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. ³ They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands. ⁴ Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that ^(C)I find no guilt in him.”

^9 (A)“But ^(B)be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten ^(C)in synagogues, and you will stand before ^(D)governors and ^(E)kings for my sake, ^(F)to bear witness before them.

¹⁰ When the time came, he sent a servant^[a] to the tenants, so that ^(A)they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. ^(B)But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.