<p>5:42- see on Acts 2:46.</p><p><em>And every day, in the temple and at home</em>- The Sanhedrin were clearly powerless to stop them. But the question arises as to why they felt so powerless? They had twice rebuked them and threatened them... And we wonder whether their lack of power in this case was related to the strange power of conscience which they all had working within them- that in fact, these Christian men were right and they were wrong. Seriously wrong.</p><p><em>T</em><i>hey did not cease to teach and to preach Jesus as the Christ</i>- Perhaps the emphasis is on the word &quot;not&quot;. They did not cease as they were asked to in :41.</p>