Acts 4:19
“But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.”
But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
Related Verses
“Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.”
“And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.”
“But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.”
“And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?”
“And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,”