Acts 5 - Introduction

After that Ananias and Sapphira his wife, for their hypocrisy, at Peter's rebuke, had fallen down dead, and that the rest of the apostles had wrought many miracles, to the increase of the faith; the apostles were again imprisoned, but delivered by an angel; bidding them to preach openly to all: when, after their teaching accordingly in the temple, and before the council, they were in danger of being killed; but through the advice of Gamaliel, a great counsellor among the Jews, their lives were preserved under the providence of God, and they were only beaten: for which they glorified God, and ceased no day from preaching.

Anno Domini 33.