25 Then a man came in and said to them, “Listen! The men you put in prison are in the Temple teaching the people!”
26 So the officer went off with his men and brought the apostles back. They did not use force, however, because they were afraid that the people might stone them.
27 They brought the apostles in, made them stand before the Council, and the High Priest questioned them.
28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in the name of this man,” he said; “but see what you have done! You have spread your teaching all over Jerusalem, and you want to make us responsible for his death!”
29 Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God, not men.
30 The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from death, after you had killed him by nailing him to a cross.
31 God raised him to his right-hand side as Leader and Saviour, to give the people of Israel the opportunity to repent and have their sins forgiven.