Acts 4:1-16 ▼

1 And of them speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

2 being distressed because of their teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection out from the dead.

3 And they laid hands on them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.

4 But many of those having heard the word believed, and the number of the men became about five thousand.

5 And it came to pass on the next day that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem,

6 and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of high-priestly descent.

7 And having placed them in the midst, they began to inquire, “In what power or in what name did you? do this?”

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

9 if we are being examined this day as to a good work to the ailing man, how he has been healed,

10 let it be known to all of you?, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth—whom you? crucified, whom God raised out from the dead—in Him this man stands before you? sound.

11 This is ‘the stone having been rejected by you?, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’

12 And there is salvation in no other, for there is not another name under heaven having been given among men by which it is necessary for us to be saved.”

13 Now seeing the boldness of Peter and of John, and having understood that they are unschooled and ordinary men, they were astonished. And they recognized them, that they had been with Jesus.

14 And beholding the man having been healed standing with them, they had nothing to contradict.

15 But having commanded them to go outside the Council, they began to confer with one another,

16 saying, “What shall we do to these men? For truly that a noteworthy sign has come to pass through them is evident to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny it.