Acts 4
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And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
And it came to pass on the morrow, 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, have ye done this?
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

the stone.

Psalm 118:22,23 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner…

Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus said the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation …

Matthew 21:42-45 Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the scriptures, The stone …

Mark 12:10-12 And have you not read this scripture; The stone which the builders …

Luke 20:16-18 He shall come and destroy these farmers, and shall give the vineyard …

1 Peter 2:6-8 Why also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion …

you.

Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they …

Acts 20:26,27 Why I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men…

Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Isaiah 58:1,2 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show …

Ezekiel 2:6,7 And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of …

Ezekiel 3:7-11,18,19 But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not …

Ezekiel 33:7-9 So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel; …

2 Corinthians 3:12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

2 Corinthians 4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

the head.

Zechariah 3:9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; on one stone …

Zechariah 4:6,7 Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the …

Ephesians 2:20-22 And are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus …

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
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 notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

that it.

Acts 5:39 But if it be of God, you cannot overthrow it; lest haply you be found …

Psalm 2:1-4 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing…

Daniel 2:34,35 You saw till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote …

Romans 10:16-18 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias said, Lord, who …

Romans 15:18-22 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ …

1 Thessalonians 1:8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia …

let.

Acts 4:21,29,30 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding …

Acts 5:24,28,40 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief …

2 Chronicles 25:15,16 Why the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent …

Isaiah 30:8-11 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that …

Jeremiah 20:1-3 Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor …

Jeremiah 29:25-32 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying…

Jeremiah 38:4 Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech you, let this …

Amos 2:12 But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, …

Amos 7:12-17 Also Amaziah said to Amos, O you seer, go, flee you away into the …

Micah 2:6,7 Prophesy you not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not …

Matthew 27:64 Command therefore that the sepulcher be made sure until the third …

John 11:47,48 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and …

1 Thessalonians 2:15,16 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have …

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 unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.

Whether.

2 Corinthians 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in …

Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

1 Timothy 2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;

to hearken.

Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to …

Exodus 1:17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded …

1 Kings 12:30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before …

1 Kings 14:16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who …

1 Kings 21:11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were …

1 Kings 22:14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD lives, what the LORD said to me, that …

2 Kings 16:15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar …

2 Chronicles 26:16-20 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: …

Daniel 3:18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your …

Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his …

Hosea 5:11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly …

Amos 7:16 Now therefore hear you the word of the LORD: You say, Prophesy not …

Micah 6:16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house …

Matthew 22:21 They say to him, Caesar's. Then said he to them, Render therefore …

Hebrews 11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, …

Revelation 13:3-10 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly …

Revelation 14:9-12 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any …

judge.

Psalm 58:1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, …

John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

1 Corinthians 10:15 I speak as to wise men; judge you what I say.

James 2:4 Are you not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

we cannot.

Acts 2:4,32 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak …

Acts 17:16,17 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred …

Acts 18:5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed …

Numbers 22:38 And Balaam said to Balak, See, I am come to you: have I now any power …

Numbers 23:20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he has blessed; …

2 Samuel 23:2 The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and his word was in my tongue.

Job 32:18-20 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constrains me…

Jeremiah 1:7,17-19 But the LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go …

Jeremiah 4:19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart makes …

Jeremiah 6:11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding …

Jeremiah 20:9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name…

Ezekiel 3:11,14-21 And go, get you to them of the captivity, to the children of your …

Micah 3:8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, …

1 Corinthians 9:16,17 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity …

the things.

Acts 1:8,22 But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come on …

Acts 3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God has raised from the dead; …

Acts 5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy …

Acts 10:39-41 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land …

Acts 22:15 For you shall be his witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.

Luke 1:2 Even as they delivered them to us, which from the beginning were …

Hebrews 2:3,4 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the …

1 John 1:1-3 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we …

So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.
And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

of a.

Matthew 26:3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the …

Luke 22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew near, which is called the Passover.

Luke 23:1,8 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him to Pilate…

thy.

Acts 4:30 By stretching forth your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders …

Acts 2:27 Because you will not leave my soul in hell, neither will you suffer …

Acts 3:14 But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer …

Job 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

Job 15:14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, …

Job 25:4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that …

Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Ghost shall come …

Hebrews 7:26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, …

whom.

Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: …

Psalm 2:2,6 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel …

Psalm 45:7 You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, your …

Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me; because the LORD has anointed …

Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach …

John 10:36 Say you of him, whom the Father has sanctified, and sent into the …

both.

Matthew 2:13-16 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appears …

Luke 13:31-33 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying to him, …

Luke 23:7-12 And as soon as he knew that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, …

Pontius Pilate.

Acts 3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, …

Matthew 27:2,11-36 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him …

Mark 15:1-28 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation …

Luke 18:31-33 Then he took to him the twelve, and said to them, Behold, we go up …

Luke 23:13-38 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the …

John 19:1-24,34 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him…

the people.

Isaiah 49:7 Thus said the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to …

Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted …

Zechariah 11:7,8 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. …

Matthew 20:18,19 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed …

Matthew 21:28 But what think you? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the …

Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets, and stone them …

Matthew 26:3,4,59-68 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the …

Matthew 27:25,40-43 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on …

Mark 10:33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be …

Mark 14:1,2,43-65 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread…

Mark 15:1-3,31 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation …

Luke 9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of …

Luke 20:13-19 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send …

Luke 22:2-6,47-52,63-71 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; …

Luke 23:1-5 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him to Pilate…

John 1:11 He came to his own, and his own received him not.

John 18:1-14,19-24 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples …

John 18:28-40 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas to the hall of judgment: and it …

John 19:15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate …

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

behold.

Acts 4:17,18,21 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straightly …

Isaiah 37:17-20 Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see: …

Isaiah 63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of your holiness …

Lamentations 3:50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.

Lamentations 5:1 Remember, O LORD, what is come on us: consider, and behold our reproach.

Daniel 9:18 O my God, incline your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and behold …

that.

Acts 4:13,31 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that …

Acts 9:27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared …

Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that …

Acts 14:3 Long time therefore stayed they speaking boldly in the Lord, which …

Acts 19:8 And he went into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for the space of …

Acts 20:26,27 Why I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men…

Acts 26:26 For the king knows of these things, before whom also I speak freely: …

Acts 28:31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern …

Isaiah 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show …

Ezekiel 2:6 And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of …

Micah 3:8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, …

Ephesians 6:18-20 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit…

Philippians 1:14 And many of the brothers in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, …

1 Thessalonians 2:2 But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, …

2 Timothy 1:7,8 For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of …

2 Timothy 4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that …

By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

the multitude.

Acts 1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with …

Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with …

Acts 5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders worked …

2 Chronicles 30:12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the …

Jeremiah 32:39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me …

Ezekiel 11:19,20 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within …

John 17:11,21-23 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and …

Romans 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

Romans 15:5,6 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like minded …

1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, …

1 Corinthians 12:12-14 For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members …

2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of …

Ephesians 4:2-6 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing …

Philippians 1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becomes the gospel of Christ: …

Philippians 2:1,2 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of …

1 Peter 3:8 Finally, be you all of one mind, having compassion one of another, …

ought.

Acts 2:44-46 And all that believed were together, and had all things common…

1 Chronicles 29:14-16 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer …

Luke 16:10-12 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: …

1 Peter 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man …

And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Neither was there any among them that lacked: 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 down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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