16 “What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “Everyone in Jerusalem knows that this extraordinary miracle has been performed by them, and we cannot deny it.
17 But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn these men never again to speak to anyone in the name of Jesus.”
18 So they called them back in and told them that on no condition were they to speak or to teach in the name of Jesus.
19 But Peter and John answered them, “You yourselves judge which is right in God's sight — to obey you or to obey God.
20 For we cannot stop speaking of what we ourselves have seen and heard.”
21 So the Council warned them even more strongly and then set them free. They saw that it was impossible to punish them, because the people were all praising God for what had happened.
22 The man on whom this miracle of healing had been performed was over forty years old.