Acts 5:17-32
The high priest and those who are with him are filled with jealousy at seeing uneducated men, those who were not part of the priesthood, having such success with the crowds. Moreover, the Sadducees, who deny the resurrection, are particularly roused to anger against the apostles who are preaching the resurrection of the Lord Jesus (v. 17; Acts 4:1-2). As they were not able to impose their authority in any other way, they throw into prison these men whom they could not silence. But the Lord sends an angel to deliver His servants and they return immediately to teach in the temple. The rulers are told of this and make them appear before the Sanhedrin. "You intend to bring this man’s blood upon us," they say. Yet before Pilate, they themselves claimed with the people that His blood should be upon them and upon their children (Matthew 27:25). Then they try again to persuade them to keep silence.
"We ought to obey God rather than men," reply Peter and the apostles (see Acts 4:19). And yet again they give magnificent testimony to the glorious resurrection of the Lord Jesus, "a Prince and a Saviour", and also to the forgiveness of sins through Him.