Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.

And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,

Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?

To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.

And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.