Acts chapter 4

vs 11

If anyone should have known their bibles and accepted the messiah when he came, it should have been the teachers of the Law.

Instead, they were the ones who conspired to kill Jesus. That's bad.

vs 12

Mmmm. Gender neutral.

Peter makes it abundantly clear - Jesus is the one. There is no other. If you want salvation, it is this man who gives it.

vs 13

Unschooled, perhaps. But remember that they did grow up Jews (which means regular readings of the Torah) and they did spend a pretty intense 3 years with Jesus too. I mean, what do you think they did in those three years, ate pudding? I bet they spent most of it studying God's word. Not to mention listening to Jesus give all his sermons.

vs 14

What are they going to do - break his legs?\

vs 15

And apparently they obeyed. So the sanhedrin carried a lot of cloud. Personal guards, religious cultus under their sway. Without a king, the priests are pretty much the powerhouse of the Jews.

vs 16

It's like Jesus all over again! Will the miracles of God's action never stop! When you think of it that way, you realise just how twisted the religious leadership had become.

vs 17

So... crucifying them is out of the question? The thing is that Peter and John weren't even attempting to undermine the power structures of the temple. They were going there to pray! Ok, sure, they told the sanhedrin that they were responsible for killing Jesus. But they told that to everyone Peter has sermonised to!

vs 18

Yeah, that's going to work. They didn't seem committed at all :P