“And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:”
'Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail' - Gamaliel's counsel is the voice of prudent restraint: 'Leave these men alone' (aphete tous anthrōpous toutous). His reasoning is elegant: if the apostles' movement is merely human, it will collapse under its own weight, as Theudas and Judas did. Restraint becomes wisdom.
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