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New Testament Reading - Peter and John before the Council

¹³When the Council saw the boldness of Peter and John and could see that they were obviously uneducated non-professionals, they were amazed and realized what being with Jesus had done for them! ¹⁴And the Council could hardly discredit the healing when the man they had healed was standing right there beside them! ¹⁵So they sent them out of the Council chamber and conferred among themselves.

¹⁶“What shall we do with these men?” they asked each other. “We can’t deny that they have done a tremendous miracle, and everybody in Jerusalem knows about it. ¹⁷But perhaps we can stop them from spreading their propaganda. We’ll tell them that if they do it again we’ll really throw the book at them.” ¹⁸So they called them back in, and told them never again to speak about Jesus.

¹⁹But Peter and John replied, “You decide whether God wants us to obey you instead of him! ²⁰We cannot stop telling about the wonderful things we saw Jesus do and heard him say.”

²¹The Council then threatened them further and finally let them go because they didn’t know how to punish them without starting a riot. For everyone was praising God for this wonderful miracle—