Acts 5:25-28 - The men you put in jail

5:25,26

Then they realise that the apostles are out in the courtyard preaching about Jesus, the very thing they had been told not to do. They would probably have expected the apostles just to scarper. So the captain and his officers brought the apostles back to the Sanhedrin. They didn’t use force, and apparently didn’t need to. They didn’t use force because they feared the reaction of the people.

5:27,28

So the apostles were brought before the Sanhedrin for questioning.The Sanhedrin are full of indignation. “Why didn’t you obey us?” They are angry because the apostles “have filled Jerusalem with your teaching”, i.e. teaching about Jesus. “And are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood”. Now the teaching of the apostles actually made all the people “guilty” of His blood. And in one sense the Sanhedrin were the most guilty of all, though that actually makes no difference. We are all guilty, and can all receive new life by repenting and believing.