23 saying, “We found the prison shut in all safety, and the watches standing outside before the doors. But having opened them, we found no one inside!”
24 And as the high priest and the captain of the Set-apart Place and the chief priests heard these words, they were puzzled and wondered what this might be.
25 But one came and reported to them, saying, “Look, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the Set-apart Place and teaching the people!”
26 Then the captain went with the officers and brought them, not with force, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.
27 And having brought them, they set them before the council and the high priest asked them,
28 saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this Name? And look, you have filled Yerushalayim with your teaching, and intend to bring the blood of this Man upon us!”
29 And Kĕpha and the other emissaries answering, said, “We have to obey Elohim rather than men.