Verses 6 and 7:

and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all others who were of high-priestly descent.

When they had put the men in front of them, they repeatedly asked, “By what sort of power, or in what name [that is, by what kind of authority], did you do this [healing]?”

It is noteworthy that the people that were to judge Peter and John were priests occuying gigh positions. I would expect that these so-called priests would have more understanding of the word of God that was manifested in the life and ministry of Jesus which the apostles proclaimed, but that was not the case.

This goes a long way to say that Priestly positions does not denote priestly encounters and revelations. This begs the question "when you are stripped of your priced position in the church, will you still be found at the foot of the cross bowing to the King of kings" .