<p>5:25 <i>And there came someone that told them: Behold, the men whom you put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people</i>- In exact obedience to the command to go and stand and teach in the temple (:20). It was usual for rabbis to <em>sit </em>and teach; the Lord Himself <em>sat</em> and taught in the temple (Jn. 8:2 cp. Lk. 5:3). But the Lord asks them to <em>stand </em>and teach. Perhaps He wanted them to show that they were not pretending to the rabbis; and that their teaching was radically different, with no pretension to any authority on the part of the teacher.</p>