 When told they had to quit preaching in the name of Jesus, did they hold a prayer meeting and say, oh God, please show us what to do? No, they didn't have to pray about this. The mandate from Christ had been clear in Acts 1.8. You're to go into all the world and preach the gospel. They didn't have to think twice about this. It was a clear violation of a biblical, a God-ordained mandate. But sometimes...