16. Crowds were also gathering from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing those who were sick or tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.
17. But the kohen gadol rose up, and all those with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.
18. They grabbed the emissaries and put them in a public jail.
19. But during the night an angel of Adonai opened the prison doors, and leading them out he said,
20. “Go, stand in the Temple and speak to the people the whole message about this Life.”
21. Now when they heard that, they entered the Temple at daybreak and began teaching. When the kohen gadol and those with him arrived, they called together the Sanhedrin, even the council of elders of Bnei-Yisrael, and sent to the prison to have the prisoners brought in.
22. But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison. So they returned and reported,
23. saying, “We found the prison locked with maximum security and the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened up, we found no one inside.”
24. When the captain of the Temple and the ruling kohanim heard these words, they were perplexed about them, wondering where this would lead.
25. But someone came and reported to them, “The men you put in prison are standing in the Temple and teaching the people!”
26. Then the captain went off with the officers and brought the emissaries—but not with force, because they feared they might be stoned by the people.
27. When they had brought them, they placed them before the Sanhedrin. The kohen gadol questioned them,
28. saying, “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name—and look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring on us the blood of this Man!”
29. Peter and the emissaries replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
30. The God of our fathers raised up Yeshua, whom you seized and had crucified.