and as many as were relatives of the high priest.
004:007 When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired,
"By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"
004:008 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them,
"You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
004:009 if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a
crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,
004:010 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel,
that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified,
whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand
here before you whole.
004:011 He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders,
which has become the head of the corner.'{Psalm 118:22}
004:012 There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any
other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we
must be saved!"
004:013 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived
that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled.
They recognized that they had been with Jesus.
004:014 Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could
say nothing against it.
004:015 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council,
they conferred among themselves,
004:016 saying, "What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable
miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen
by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can't deny it.
004:017 But so that this spreads no further among the people,
let's threaten them, that from now on they don't speak
to anyone in this name."
004:018 They called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor
teach in the name of Jesus.
004:019 But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right
in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God,
judge for yourselves,
004:020 for we can't help telling the things which we saw and heard."
004:021 When they had further threatened them, they let them go,
finding no way to punish them, because of the people;
for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
004:022 For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed
was more than forty years old.
004:023 Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported
all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
004:024 When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with
one accord, and said, "O Lord, you are God, who made the heaven,
the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
004:025 who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, 'Why do
the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
004:026 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers
take council together, against the Lord, and against
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