Acts 4:1-10 ▼

1 Now as they were speaking to the people, the priests, the commander of the temple police , and the Sadducees confronted them,

2 because they were provoked that they were teaching the people and proclaiming the resurrection from the dead, using Jesus as the example.

3 So they seized them and put them in custody until the next day, since it was already evening.

4 But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about 5,000 .

5 The next day, their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem

6 with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John and Alexander, and all the members of the high-priestly family.

7 After they had Peter and John stand before them, they asked the question: “By what power or in what name have you done this? ”

8 Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and said to them, “ Rulers of the people and elders:

9 If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a disabled man  — by what means he was healed —

10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene  — whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead  — by Him this man is standing here before you healthy.