Acts 4:18

And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

Points to Note:

'It is particularly striking that neither on this nor on any subsequent occasion...did the Sanhedrin take any serious action to disprove the apostles' central affirmation--the resurrection of Jesus. Had it seemed possible to refute them on this point, how readily would the Sanhedrin have seized the opportunity! Had they succeeded, how quickly and completely the new movement would have collapsed! It is plain that the apostles meant. physical resurrection when they said that Jesus was risen; it is equally plain that the rulers understood them in this sense. The body of Jesus had vanished so completely that all the authority they had at their command could not produce it..' (Bruce p. 103)

The above statement should really make us think. For the best Jewish minds, the total religious and intellectual resources of the Jewish nation could not contradict the claims of two former fishermen. Where is the great Jewish argument against the resurrection? Why didn't they even argue the point? Why didn't they present their Scriptures to refute such an idea?

The best argument that this body of intelligent men came up with against the apostles' claim was to threaten them.