and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against this holy place, and the law:
and neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any man or stirring up a crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city.
And it came to pass, that after three days he called together those that were the chief of the Jews: and when they were come together, he said unto them, I, brethren, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans:
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the (powers) that be are ordained of God.
Wherefore (ye) must needs be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.