Acts 4:21-23 And when the Council had threatened them some more, they finally released them because they could not find any reason to punish them. Actually they were worried about how the people felt about the matter, since everybody was giving honor to God for the miracle that had been performed.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²¹ And when the Council had threatened them some more, they [finally] released them because they could not find any reason to punish them. [Actually] they were worried about how the people felt [about the matter], since everybody was giving honor to God for the miracle that had been performed. ²² Now the man who was healed was over forty years old. ²³ So, after Peter and John were released, they went [back to the other disciples] and reported everything the leading priests and elders [of the Jews] had said to them.