“Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;”
But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the apostles be taken outside for a little while - Gamaliel (ben Gamaliel) was a famous rabbi, a teacher of the law (nomodidaskalos) held in high esteem (timē eichon panto tō laō). His intervention is pragmatic wisdom interrupting religious zealotry. The Pharisees, unlike the Sadducees, believed in resurrection, making Gamaliel theologically less threatened by the apostolic message.
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