Acts 4:15 Cross References

Acts 4:15

15: So they sent Peter and John out of the council chamber and conferred among themselves.

But I say, if you are angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the high council. And if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell.

But one member had a different perspective. He was a Pharisee named Gamaliel, who was an expert on religious law and was very popular with the people. He stood up and ordered that the apostles be sent outside the council chamber for a while.
Then he addressed his colleagues as follows: "Men of Israel, take care what you are planning to do to these men!
Some time ago there was that fellow Theudas, who pretended to be someone great. About four hundred others joined him, but he was killed, and his followers went their various ways. The whole movement came to nothing.
After him, at the time of the census, there was Judas of Galilee. He got some people to follow him, but he was killed, too, and all his followers were scattered.
"So my advice is, leave these men alone. If they are teaching and doing these things merely on their own, it will soon be overthrown.

Then the king, the governor, Bernice, and all the others stood and left.
As they talked it over they agreed, "This man hasn't done anything worthy of death or imprisonment."
And Agrippa said to Festus, "He could be set free if he hadn't appealed to Caesar!"

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