“Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.”
'We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,' he said. 'Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to bring this man's blood guilt on us' - the high priest's accusation reveals the theological crux: the apostles' teaching about Jesus implicates the Sanhedrin in his death. The phrase 'bring this man's blood guilt on us' (epagagein ef' hēmas to haima tou anthrōpou toutou) echoes Matthew 27:25, showing that the Jewish leadership feels the weight of the crucifixion. The 'strict orders' (diesteilato) had been given in Acts 4:18, and they have been defied.
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