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Acts 5:27
“When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,”
Verse in context — Acts 5
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One came and told them, "Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.
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Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.
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When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,
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saying, "Didn't we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood on us.
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But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.
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