The rulers of the Jews, offended with Peter's sermon, |
imprison him and John. |
After, upon examination |
Peter boldly avouching the lame man to be healed by the name of Jesus, |
and that only by the same Jesus we must be eternally saved, |
ὁ λίθος ὁ ἐξουθενηθεὶς ὑφ’ ὑμῶν τῶν οἰκοδόμων, |
ὁ γενόμενος εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας. |
12 καὶ οὐκ ἐστιν ἐν ἄλλῳ οὐδενὶ ἡ σωτηρίᾳ οὐδὲ γὰρ ὄνομα ἐστιν ἕτερον ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν τὸ δεδομένον ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἐν ᾧ δεῖ σωθῆναι ἡμᾶς. |
they threaten him and John to preach no more in that name, |
whereupon the church flees to prayer. |
ἱνατί ἐφρύαξαν ἔθνη |
καὶ λαοὶ ἐμελέτησαν κενά; |
26 παρέστησαν οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς |
καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ |
κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ κατὰ τοῦ χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ. |
27 συνήχθησαν γὰρ ἐπ’ ἀληθείας ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ ἐπὶ τὸν ἅγιον παῖδα σου Ἰησοῦν ὃν ἔχρισας, Ἡρῴδης τε καὶ Πόντιος Πιλᾶτος σὺν ἔθνεσιν καὶ λαοῖς Ἰσραήλ, 28 ποιῆσαι ὅσα ἡ χεῖρ σου καὶ ἡ βουλή προώρισεν γενέσθαι. 29 καὶ τὰ νῦν, κύριε, ἔπιδε ἐπὶ τὰς ἀπειλὰς αὐτῶν καὶ δὸς τοῖς δούλοις σου μετὰ παρρησίας πάσης λαλεῖν τὸν λόγον σου, 30 ἐν τῷ τὴν χεῖρα ἐκτείνειν σε εἰς ἴασιν καὶ σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα γίνεσθαι διὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ ἁγίου παιδός σου Ἰησοῦ. |
And God, by moving the place where they were assembled, testifies that he heard their prayer; |
confirming the church with the gift of the Holy Spirit, and with mutual love and charity. |