So the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles back. But they didn’t use force, because they were afraid that if they did, the people would stone them.
The leaders warned Peter and John again and then let them go. They didn’t dare punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened.
When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they couldn’t understand how it could be true. They wondered what would happen next.
The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest Jesus at once, because they knew he had told that story against them. But they were afraid of the people.