Verse 33
Peter’s firm but gracious words so infuriated the Sadducees that they were about to order the death of the apostles regardless of public reaction.
"While the Sanhedrin did not have authority under Roman jurisdiction to inflict capital punishment, undoubtedly they would have found some pretext for handing these men over to the Romans for such action-as they did with Jesus himself-had it not been for the intervention of the Pharisees, as represented particularly by Gamaliel." [Note: Longenecker, p. 321.]
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