1. Actes 5:38 (NEG79)
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What reason does Gamaliel give for letting the apostles go?

Actes 5:38 (NEG79)

38 Et maintenant, je vous le dis, ne vous occupez plus de ces hommes, et laissez-les aller. Si cette entreprise ou cette œuvre vient des hommes, elle se détruira;

Gamaliel argues that the apostles should be tolerated seeing as their movement will likely come to the same end as those of Theudas and Judas. One need only wait for a while and then the apostles will eventually disperse and leave Jerusalem.