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But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
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saying, "What shall we do to these men? For, indeed, that a notable miracle has been done through them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
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But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name."
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And they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
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But Peter and John answered and said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.
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For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard."
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So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way of punishing them, because of the people, since they all glorified God for what had been done.
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For the man was over forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.
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And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
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So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,
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who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: 'Why did the nations rage, And the people plot vain things?