New International Reader's Version

Acts 5:27-30 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

27. They brought the apostles to be judged by the Sanhedrin. The high priest questioned them.

28. "We gave you clear orders not to teach in Jesus' name," he said. "But you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching. You want to make us guilty of this man's death."

29. Peter and the other apostles replied, "We must obey God instead of people!

30. You had Jesus killed by nailing him to a cross. But the God of our people raised Jesus from the dead.