12 Only Jesus has the power to save! His name is the only one in all the world that can save anyone.
13 The officials were amazed to see how brave Peter and John were, and they knew that these two apostles were only ordinary men and not well educated. The officials were certain that these men had been with Jesus.
14 But they could not deny what had happened. The man who had been healed was standing there with the apostles.
15 The officials commanded them to leave the council room. Then the officials said to each other,
16 “What can we do with these men? Everyone in Jerusalem knows about this miracle, and we cannot say it didn't happen.
17 But to keep this thing from spreading, we will warn them never again to speak to anyone about the name of Jesus.”
18 So they called the two apostles back in and told them that they must never, for any reason, teach anything about the name of Jesus.