Acts 5:38-41

38And now I say to you, Withdraw from these men and let them alone, for if this counsel or this work have its origin from men, it will be destroyed;

39but if it be from 1God, ye will not be able to put them down, lest ye be found also fighters against 2God.

40And they listened to his advice; and having called the apostles, they beat them, and enjoined them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.

41They therefore went their way from [the] presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be dishonoured for the name.