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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did you do this?” |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14But seeing the man who was healed standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15But when they had commanded them to leave the council, they conferred with one another, |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16saying, “What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is evident to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.” |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.” |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people, for all were praising God for what had happened. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, “‘Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain? |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed’— |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35and laid it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36Thus Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus, |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet. |
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