17. But to keep this thing from spreading, we will warn them never again to speak to anyone about the name of Jesus.”
18. So they called the two apostles back in and told them that they must never, for any reason, teach anything about the name of Jesus.
19. Peter and John answered, “Do you think God wants us to obey you or to obey him?
20. We cannot keep quiet about what we have seen and heard.”
21-22. The officials could not find any reason to punish Peter and John. So they threatened them and let them go. The man who was healed by this miracle was more than forty years old, and everyone was praising God for what had happened.