Acts:4:1-31

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* And as they were speaking to the people , the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them , * being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among [the ] dead ; * and they laid hands on them , and put them in ward till the morrow ; for it was already evening . * But many of those who had heard the word believed ; and the number of the men had become [about ] five thousand . * And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem , * and Annas the high priest , and Caiaphas , and John , and Alexander , and as many as were of [the ] high priestly family ; * and having placed them in the midst they inquired , In what power or in what name have ye done this ? * Then Peter , filled with [the ] Holy Spirit , said to them , Rulers of the people and elders [of Israel ], * if we this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed [done ] to the infirm man , how he has been healed , * be it known to you all , and to all the people of Israel , that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean , whom ye have crucified , whom God has raised from among [the ] dead , by him this [man ] stands here before you sound [in body ]. * He is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders , which is become the corner stone . * And salvation is in none other , for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved . * But seeing the boldness of Peter and John , and perceiving that they were unlettered and uninstructed men , they wondered ; and they recognised them that they were with Jesus . * And beholding the man who had been healed standing with them , they had nothing to reply ; * but having commanded them to go out of the council they conferred with one another , * saying , What shall we do to these men ? for that indeed an evident sign has come to pass through their means is manifest to all that inhabit Jerusalem , and we cannot deny it . * But that it be not further spread among the people , let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name . * And having called them , they charged [them ] not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus . * But Peter and John answering said to them , If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God , judge ye ; * for as for us we cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard . * But they , having further threatened them , let them go , finding no way how they might punish them , on account of the people , because all glorified God for what had taken place ; * for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old . * And having been let go , they came to their own [company ], and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them . * And they , having heard [it ], lifted up [their ] voice with one accord to God , and said , Lord , thou art the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea , and all that is in them ; * who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David , Why have [the ] nations raged haughtily and [the ] peoples meditated vain things ? * The kings of the earth were there , and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ . * For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus , whom thou hadst anointed , both Herod and Pontius Pilate , with [the ] nations , and peoples of Israel , have been gathered together in this city * to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass . * And now , Lord , look upon their threatenings , and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word , * in that thou stretchest out thy hand to heal , and that signs and wonders take place through the name of thy holy servant Jesus . * And when they had prayed , the place in which they were assembled shook , and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit , and spoke the word of God with boldness .

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