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* And while they were speaking to the people , the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them , * being indignant that they taught the people , and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead . * And they laid hands upon them , and put them in prison until the next day ; for it was now evening . * Many however of those who heard the word believed ; and the number of the men became five thousand . * And it came to pass on the next day , that their rulers and elders and scribes , * and Annas the high –priest , and Caiaphas , and John , and Alexander , and as many as were of the kindred of the high –priest , were gathered together at Jerusalem . * And when they had set them in the midst , they asked , By what power , or by what name , did ye do this ? * Then Peter , filled with the Holy Spirit , said to them , Rulers of the people , and elders of Israel ! * If we are this day examined in respect to a good deed done to a cripple , by what means he hath been restored , * be it known to you all , and to all the people of Israel , that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene , whom ye crucified , whom God raised from the dead ,––by him doth this man stand here before you sound . * This is the stone which was set at nought by you the builders , which is become a cornerstone . * And there is salvation in no other ; for there is not another name under heaven , that hath been given among men , by which we must be saved . * And when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John , and perceived that they were unlearned and common men , they wondered ; and they recognized them as having been with Jesus . * And seeing the man that had been cured standing with them , they could say nothing in reply . * But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council , they conferred among themselves , * saying , What shall we do to these men ? for that indeed a remarkable sign hath been wrought by them is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem ; and we cannot deny it . * But that it spread no further among the people , let us strictly forbid them with threats to speak any longer in this name to any one . * And they called them , and commanded them not to speak at all , nor teach , in the name of Jesus . * But Peter and John answered and said to them , Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God , judge ye . * For we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard . * So , having further threatened them , they let them go , finding no way to punish them , on account of the people ; because all were glorifying God for that which had been done . * For the man was above forty years old , on whom this sign of the healing had been wrought . * And being released they went to their own company , and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them . * And on hearing it , they lifted up their voice to God with one accord , and said , Lord , thou art he that made heaven and earth and sea , and all things that are in them ; * who by the mouth of thy servant David said , "Why did the heathen rage , and the peoples meditate vain things ? * The kings of the earth came up , and the rulers assembled together , against the Lord , and against his Anointed ." * For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus , whom thou didst anoint , did both Herod and Pontius Pilate , with the gentiles , and the peoples of Israel , assemble in this city , * to do whatever thy hand and thy will before determined to be done . * And now , Lord , look upon their threatenings , and grant to thy servants that with all boldness they may speak thy word , * while thou stretchest forth thy hand to heal , and signs and wonders are wrought through the name of thy holy servant Jesus . * And when they had prayed , the place was shaken where they were assembled ; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit , and they spoke the word of God with boldness . * And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart , and of one soul ; and not one of them said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own ; but they had all things common . * And with great power did the apostles give their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus ; and great grace was upon them all . * For there was no one among them that was in want ; for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them , and brought the prices of the things that were sold , * and laid them at the feet of the apostles ; and distribution was made to every one , according as he had need . * And Joseph , who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas , (which is , when interpreted , Son of consolation ,) a Levite , born in Cyprus , * having land , sold it , and brought the money , and laid it at the feet of the apostles .

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