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Acts 5:30-34 Good News Bible (GNB)

30. The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from death, after you had killed him by nailing him to a cross.

31. God raised him to his right-hand side as Leader and Saviour, to give the people of Israel the opportunity to repent and have their sins forgiven.

32. We are witnesses to these things — we and the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to those who obey him.”

33. When the members of the Council heard this, they were so furious that they wanted to have the apostles put to death.

34. But one of them, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, who was a teacher of the Law and was highly respected by all the people, stood up in the Council. He ordered the apostles to be taken out for a while,

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