How did the early Christians and Apostles get into the temple? Shouldn't they have been stoned by the Jews for preaching Jesus as God?
The answer seems to be quite simple: One of the disciples was known to the chief priests!
15Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he also went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest. 16But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in. 17At this, the servant girl watching the door said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “I am not,” he answered.…
Thus it seems possible that St. John brought in the true disciples of Jesus into the temple!
We must remember also that at this point in history, the Jews were under Roman occupation and were not allowed to inflict the death penalty in Palestine.
However St. Paul was physically chastised for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ, including one stoning and three whippings.
Paul's Suffering and Service
…24Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea. 26In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,… - 2 Corinthians 11:25