13. The members of the Council were amazed to see how bold Peter and John were and to learn that they were ordinary men of no education. They realized then that they had been companions of Jesus.
14. But there was nothing that they could say, because they saw the man who had been healed standing there with Peter and John.
15. So they told them to leave the Council room, and then they started discussing among themselves.
16. “What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “Everyone in Jerusalem knows that this extraordinary miracle has been performed by them, and we cannot deny it.
17. But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn these men never again to speak to anyone in the name of Jesus.”
18. So they called them back in and told them that on no condition were they to speak or to teach in the name of Jesus.
19. But Peter and John answered them, “You yourselves judge which is right in God's sight — to obey you or to obey God.