WPNT(i)
20 “Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life”.
21 So upon hearing it they entered the temple about daybreak and started to teach. Then the high priest and those with him arrived and convened the Sanhedrin, even all the council of elders of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
22 Well, upon arriving the operatives did not find them in the jail, so they returned and reported,
23 saying: “We certainly found the prison securely locked, and the guards standing in front of the doors, but upon opening them we found no one inside!”
24 Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were really perplexed as to what the implications might be.
25 But someone came and told them, “Hey, the men whom you put in the jail are standing in the temple and teaching the people!”
26 Then the captain went with the operatives and brought them without violence, because they were afraid that the people might stone them.
27 So bringing them they set them before the Sanhedrin; and the high priest addressed them
28 saying: “Did we not emphatically command you not to teach in this name? Just look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!”
29 So in answer Peter and the Apostles said: “One must obey God rather than men.