17. So let’s threaten them. Let’s tell them that they must never speak to anyone about the one named Jesus. Then the news about the miracle that they have performed will not spread any further among the people.”
18. They called Peter and John and ordered them never to teach about Jesus or even mention his name.
19. Peter and John answered them, “Decide for yourselves whether God wants people to listen to you rather than to him.
20. We cannot stop talking about what we’ve seen and heard.”
21. The authorities threatened them even more and then let them go. Since all the people were praising God for what had happened, the authorities couldn’t find any way to punish Peter and John.
22. (The man who was healed by this miracle was over 40 years old.)
23. When Peter and John were released, they went to the other apostles and told them everything the chief priests and leaders had said.
24. When the apostles heard this, they were united and loudly prayed to God, “Master, you made the sky, the land, the sea, and everything in them.