Quotes about Authority
So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.
- Acts 4:15
“What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.
- Acts 4:16
Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
- Acts 4:18
But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
- Acts 4:19
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’
- Acts 4:26
Although the people regarded them highly, no one else dared to join them.
- Acts 5:13
At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
- Acts 5:26
They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.
- Acts 5:27
“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 man’s blood.”
- Acts 5:28
But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
- Acts 5:29
When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
- Acts 5:33
But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
- Acts 5:39