15. After the leaders ordered them to leave the meeting, they began to talk to each other.
16. They said, “What shall we do with these men? Everyone in Jerusalem knows they have done a great miracle, and we cannot say it is not true.
17. But to keep it from spreading among the people, we must warn them not to talk to people anymore using that name.”
18. So they called Peter and John in again and told them not to speak or to teach at all in the name of Jesus.
19. But Peter and John answered them, “You decide what God would want. Should we obey you or God?
20. We cannot keep quiet. We must speak about what we have seen and heard.”
21. The leaders warned the apostles again and let them go free. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had been done.