22. But when the officers came and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,
23. saying, We certainly found the prison shut with all security and the keepers standing outside before the doors, but when we had opened, we found no one within.
24. Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the princes of the priests heard these things, they were perplexed regarding what this would come to.
25. Then someone came and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.
26. Then the captain with the officers went and brought them without violence, for they feared being stoned by the people.
27. And when they had brought them, they set them before the council, and the prince of the priests asked them,
28. saying, Did we not strictly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
29. Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We must persuade God rather than men.