“Then they suborned men, which said ‘We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.’ And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes and came upon him and caught him and brought him to the council and set up false witnesses, which said ‘This man ceases not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the Law’. . .And all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.”

Acts 6:11-13, 15

“But You, O Lord, are a shield for me; my glory and the lifter up of my head. I cried unto the Lord with my voice and He heard me out of His Holy Hill. Selah. I laid me down and slept; I awoke—for the Lord sustained me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that have set themselves against me round about.”

Psalm 3:3-6

“And when they brought them, they set them before the council—and the high priest asked them, saying ‘Did not we straitly command you that you should not teach in this Name? And, behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine and intend to bring this Man’s Blood upon us’.”

Acts 5:27-28

“And we are His witnesses of these things—and so is the Holy Ghost, Whom God has given to them that obey Him.”

Acts 5:32

“Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, ‘We ought to obey God rather than men’.”

Acts 5:29