A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS

                                                        PART IV - X

"I, Peter, together with John, was given back my freedom.... I knew that the religious leaders would have preferred to have kept us in prison....But I knew they  had no case against us..... So they had to let us go.... We then went straight away to our fellow believers.... They were waiting for us... They were so happy to see us.... We told them everything the religious leaders had said to us.... That we were no longer allowed to speak about Jesus ... We shared with them as well that we could not obey such a command.... For that command would go against God's command to us... And we must obey God rather than men.... Even their further threats cannot stop us from obeying God.... For we must continue to speak of Jesus... And that is what we will do.... Regardless of any future consequences."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Peter and John joined the other believers after their release....

                       ATTACHMENT A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS

                                                       PART IV - X

After Peter and John were released we could well imagine that they decided to just send the other believers a message to let them know they were going to go into hiding for a while but that is not what happened. On the contrary, they met with the other believers to report to them everything that had happened to them as you can read in Acts 4:23 

On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests had said to them."

 All the believers were overjoyed to receive Peter and John in their midst and eager to learn what they had experienced during their night in jail and their subsequent meeting with the religious leaders.