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

And in the daytime He was teaching in the temple, but at night He went out and stayed on the Mount of Olives.

And early in the morning all the people came to Him in the temple to hear Him.

And early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them.

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

Now when the high priest, the temple commander, and the chief priests heard these things, they were perplexed as to whatever would become of this.

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

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

And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, they kept all the more silent. Then he said:

I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of our fathers' Law, and was zealous toward God as you all are today.

For you will be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.

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

Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done?

to bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders wisdom.

And standing them in the midst, they asked, By what sort of power or by what sort of name have you done this?

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

And when Herod had searched for him and not found him, he examined the guards and commanded that they should be led away to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.