Acts 5:28 meaning and explanation
“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
Acts 5:28, Berean Standard Bible
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The high priest is questioning the apostles before the Sanhedrin, Israel's ruling council, after they were arrested for preaching. He reminds them of the earlier order to stop teaching in Jesus' name, then accuses them of filling Jerusalem with their teaching and of intending to make the council responsible for this man's blood, meaning guilty of Jesus' death.
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