Read Part One HERE
A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS
PART V - XVI
I, Gamaliel, am one of the Religious Leaders.... The twelve apostles are standing before us... They have just been spending a night in prison.... But they did nor remain there.... Instead, we found them teaching and preaching in the temple courts.... We do not know how they managed to escape the prison.... But we decided not to ask them.... That would be too embarrasing....However, they still need to know that they cannot continue their preaching about Jesus... They must be stopped.... We made that perfectly clear....However, they have now told us that they will refuse to obey us.... Consequently, many of my colleagues have become furious... They have, in fact, become so angry that they want to have these men put to death.... I think I better step in so that we do not take any actions we might regret later."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that one of the religous leaders, a man named Gamaliel, felt the need to speak up...
ATTACHMENT A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS
PART V - XVI
The response of the apostles caused the religious leaders to become so furious that they were ready to have them put to death. Thankfully, one of them, a man named Gamaliel, was able to calm the situation down as you can read in Acts 5:33-34
When they heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death. But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honoured by all the people stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while.
Gamaliel had something to say to the other religious leaders, but before he did, he had the apostles removed from the room in order for him to be able to speak freely.
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