Resistance of Truth . Every act of resistance makes it harder to yield. Being the leaders of the people, the priests and rulers felt it incumbent on them to defend the course they had taken. They must prove that they had been in the right. Having committed themselves in opposition to Christ, every act of resistance became an additional incentive to persist in the same path. The events of their past career of opposition are as precious treasures to be jealously guarded. And the hatred and malignity that inspired those acts are concentrated against the apostles. {TM 74.1}

Sandhedens modstandskraft
Enhver handling med modstand gør det svæere at give. Foreløbig følte folkets ledere, præsterne og myndighederne det dem pålagt at forsvare den kurs de havde lagt. De måtte vise at de havde ret. Har man engageret sig i modsætning til Kristus, vil enhver ny handling der strider imod ham, blive en ekstra opmuntring til at fortsætte ad den samme sti. Følgerne af deres tidligere modsatte karriere er som værdifulde rigdomme der bliver skinsygt bevogtet. Og hadet og ondskaben der inspirer disse handlinger har samlet sig mod apostlene.