25. But someone came and reported to them, “The men you put in prison are standing in the Temple and teaching the people!”
26. Then the captain went off with the officers and brought the emissaries—but not with force, because they feared they might be stoned by the people.
27. When they had brought them, they placed them before the Sanhedrin. The kohen gadol questioned them,
28. saying, “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name—and look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring on us the blood of this Man!”
29. Peter and the emissaries replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
30. The God of our fathers raised up Yeshua, whom you seized and had crucified.
31. This One God exalted at His right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and removal of sins.
32. And we are witnesses of these events—as is the Ruach ha-Kodesh, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”
33. Now when they heard this, they became enraged and wanted to kill them.
34. But a certain Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Torah respected by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.