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23 And having been released, they went to their own, and told all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. 24 And when they heard it, they lifted up their voice with one consent to God, and said: Lord, thou art God, who didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all things that are in them; who, by the mouth of David thy servant, didst say, 25 Why did the heathen rage, and the people devise vain things? 26 The kings of the land stood up, and the rulers met together against the Lord and against his anointed. 27 For, in truth, against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, did meet together, 28 to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel determined to be done. 29 And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and grant to thy servants that they may speak thy word with all boldness, 30 by stretching out thy hand to heal, that both signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy child Jesus. 31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness. 32 And the multitude of believers were of one heart and of one soul; and no one said that any part of his possessions was his own; but they had all things in common. 33 And with great power did the apostles bear testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all. 34 Nor, indeed, was there any needy person among them; for as many as were owners of lands or houses, sold them, and brought the prices of what had been sold, 35 and laid them down at the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to every one as he had need. 36 And Joses, who, by the apostles, was surnamed Barnabas, (which name, when translated, is, Son of consolation,) a Levite, by birth a Cyprian, 37 having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles. Acts 4:23-37, Anderson New Testament. Public domain.
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