Acts 5:17-33

17ThenG1161 theG3588 high priestG749 andG2532 allG3956 his associatesG3588G4862G846, whoG3588 belongedG1510 to theG3588 partyG139 of the SadduceesG4523, were filledG4130 with jealousyG2205. They went outG450 18andG2532 arrestedG1911G3588G5495G1909 theG3588 apostlesG652 andG2532 putG5087 themG846 inG1722 the publicG1219 jailG5084. 19ButG1161 duringG1223 the nightG3571 an angelG32 of the LordG2962 openedG455 theG3588 doorsG2374 of theG3588 jailG5438 and brought them outG846G1806, sayingG2036, 20“GoG4198, standG2476 inG1722 theG3588 templeG2411 courts1 and tellG2980 theG3588 peopleG2992 theG3588 fullG3956 messageG4487 ofG3588 thisG3778 new lifeG2222.”

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AtG5259 daybreakG3722 the apostles enteredG1525G1519 theG3588 templeG2411 courts as they had been toldG191 andG2532 began to teachG1321 the people.

When theG3588 high priestG749 andG2532 his associatesG3588G4862G846 arrivedG3854, they convenedG4779 theG3588 SanhedrinG48922—theG3588 fullG3956 assemblyG1087 of theG3588 elders of IsraelG5207G2474—andG2532 sentG649 toG1519 theG3588 jailG1201 for the apostles. 22ButG1161 on arrivingG3854 atG1722 theG3588 jailG5438, theG3588 officersG5257 did not findG3756G2147 themG846 there. So they returnedG390 with the reportG518: 23“We foundG2147 theG3588 jailG1201 securelyG1722G3956G803 lockedG2808, with theG3588 guardsG5441 postedG2476 atG1909 theG3588 doorsG2374; butG1161 when we openedG455 them, we foundG2147 no oneG3762 insideG2080.”

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WhenG5613 theG3588 captainG4755 of theG3588 templeG2411 guard andG2532 theG3588 chief priestsG749 heardG191 thisG3778 accountG3056, they were perplexedG1280 as toG4012G846 whatG5101G302 was happeningG1096.3 25ThenG1161 someoneG5100 came inG3854 and announcedG518, “LookG2400, theG3588 menG435 you putG5087 inG1722 jailG5438 areG1510 standingG2476 inG1722 theG3588 templeG2411 courts teachingG1321 theG3588 peopleG2992!”

26At that pointG5119, theG3588 captainG4755 wentG565 withG4862 theG3588 officersG5257 and broughtG71 the apostles—but notG3756 byG3326 forceG970, forG1063 fearG5399 theG3588 peopleG2992 would stoneG3034 them. 27They brought them inG71G846 and made them standG2476 beforeG1722 theG3588 SanhedrinG4892, where theG3588 high priestG749 interrogatedG1905 themG846. 28“We gave you strict ordersG3852G3853G4771 notG3756G3361 to teachG1321 inG1909 thisG3778 nameG3686,” he saidG3004. “YetG2532G2400 you have filledG4137 JerusalemG2419 withG3588 yourG4771 teachingG1322 andG2532 are determinedG1014 to make us responsible forG1863G1909G1473 thisG3778 man’sG444 bloodG129.”

29ButG1161 PeterG4074 andG2532 theG3588 other apostlesG652 repliedG611G2036, “We must obeyG1163G3980 GodG2316 ratherG3123 thanG2228 menG444. 30TheG3588 GodG2316 ofG3588 ourG1473 fathersG3962 raised upG1453 JesusG2424, whomG3739 youG4771 had killedG1315 by hangingG2910 Him onG1909 a treeG3586. 31GodG2316 exaltedG5312 HimG3778 toG3588 HisG846 right handG1188 as PrinceG747 andG2532 SaviorG4990, in order to grantG1325 repentanceG3341 andG2532 forgivenessG859 of sinsG266 to IsraelG2474. 32WeG1473 areG1510 witnessesG3144 ofG3588 theseG3778 thingsG4487, and soG2532 is theG3588 HolyG40 SpiritG4151, whomG3739 GodG2316 has givenG1325 to those whoG3588 obeyG3980 HimG846.”

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When the Council members heard thisG191, they were enragedG1282, andG2532 they resolvedG10114 to put the apostles to deathG337G846.