Quotes About Authority

along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priestís family.

They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!

So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.

But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”

Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in Godís sight to listen to you rather than God.

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.í

Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.

Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out

But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.

At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.

They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.

“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this manís blood.”

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.

But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.

At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.

But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ëWho made you ruler and judge over us?

and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”

When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostlesí hands, he offered them money.

and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.