but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”
“But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’
And Jeroboam appointed a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he made. And he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
And behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make offerings.
and when they had called in the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us.”
But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.” So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
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