Acts 4: Boldness Before the Council

Peter and John are arrested and questioned, and Peter declares that salvation is found in no one but Jesus. Ordered to stop speaking, they refuse, the church prays for boldness, and the believers share their possessions, including Barnabas.

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After Peter and John heal the lame man, they are still teaching the crowd at the temple in Acts 4:1-4 when the authorities intervene. Who arrests them, and what happens to the number of believers despite the arrest?

King Herod's guards arrest them, and the temple courts are closed to all teaching for a timeA group of Pharisees arrests them, and the crowd walks away with no one believing the messageSoldiers sent by the Roman governor arrest them, and the frightened believers scatter across JudeaThe priests, the temple guard captain, and the Sadducees arrest them, yet believing men now number roughly five thousand