Acts 5:29-38

²⁹But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.

³⁰The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom ye have slain, having hanged on a cross.

³¹Him has God exalted by his right hand as leader and saviour, to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins.

³²And we are his witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit also, which God has given to those that obey him.

³³But they, when they heard these things, were cut to the heart, and took counsel to kill them.

³⁴But a certain man, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in honour of all the people, rose up in the council, and commanded to put the men out for a short while,

³⁵and said to them, Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves as regards these men what ye are going to do;

³⁶for before these days Theudas rose up, alleging himself to be somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, were joined; who was slain, and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed and came to nothing.

³⁷After him rose Judas the Galilean in the days of the census, and drew away a number of people after him; and he perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

³⁸And now I say to you, Withdraw from these men and let them alone, for if this counsel or this work have its origin from men, it will be destroyed;