They all agreed that it would be useless to deny that the man had been healed through power given the apostles in the name of the crucified Jesus. They would gladly have covered up the miracle by falsehoods; but the work was done in the full light of day, and before a crowd of people, and had already come to the knowledge of thousands. They felt that the work must be immediately stopped, or Jesus would gain many believers, their own disgrace would follow, and they would be held guilty of the murder of the Son of God. {3SP 281.3}

De var alle enige om at det ville være nyttesløst at fornægte at den mand var blevet helbredt ved den kraft apostlene havde fået i den korsfæstede Jesu navn. De ville gladelig have dækket over miraklet med falske beskyldninger; men værket var gjort i fuld dagslys, og foran en folkehob, og var allerede kommet tusindvis til kendskab. De følte at værket matte stoppe straks, eller ville Jesus vinde mange troende, og de selv vil blive vanæret, og de ville holdes skyldige som Guds Søns morder.