Acts of the Apostles 4:1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Acts of the Apostles 4:1 NLT
While Peter and John were speaking to the people, they were confronted by the priests, the captain of the Temple guard, and some of the Sadducees.
Acts of the Apostles 4:2 NLT
These leaders were very disturbed that Peter and John were teaching the people that through Jesus there is a resurrection of the dead.
Acts of the Apostles 4:3 NLT
They arrested them and, since it was already evening, put them in jail until morning.
Acts of the Apostles 4:5 NLT
The next day the council of all the rulers and elders and teachers of religious law met in Jerusalem.
Acts of the Apostles 4:6 NLT
Annas the high priest was there, along with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and other relatives of the high priest.
Acts of the Apostles 4:7 NLT
They brought in the two disciples and demanded, “By what power, or in whose name, have you done this?”
Acts of the Apostles 4:8 NLT
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of our people
Acts of the Apostles 4:9 NLT
are we being questioned today because we’ve done a good deed for a crippled man? Do you want to know how he was healed?
Acts of the Apostles 4:10 NLT
Let me clearly state to all of you and to all the people of Israel that he was healed by the powerful name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, the man you crucified but whom God raised from the dead.
Acts of the Apostles 4:11 NLT
For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.’
Acts of the Apostles 4:12 NLT
There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”
Acts of the Apostles 4:13 NLT
The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.
Acts of the Apostles 4:14 NLT
But since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there among them, there was nothing the council could say.
Acts of the Apostles 4:15 NLT
So they ordered Peter and John out of the council chamber and conferred among themselves.
Acts of the Apostles 4:16 NLT
“What should we do with these men?” they asked each other. “We can’t deny that they have performed a miraculous sign, and everybody in Jerusalem knows about it.
Acts of the Apostles 4:17 NLT
But to keep them from spreading their propaganda any further, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in Jesus’ name again.”
Acts of the Apostles 4:18 NLT
So they called the apostles back in and commanded them never again to speak or teach in the name of Jesus.
Acts of the Apostles 4:19 NLT
But Peter and John replied, “Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him?
Acts of the Apostles 4:21 NLT
The council then threatened them further, but they finally let them go because they didn’t know how to punish them without starting a riot. For everyone was praising God
Acts of the Apostles 4:22 NLT
for this miraculous sign—the healing of a man who had been lame for more than forty years.
Acts of the Apostles 4:23 NLT
As soon as they were freed, Peter and John returned to the other believers and told them what the leading priests and elders had said.
Acts of the Apostles 4:24 NLT
When they heard the report, all the believers lifted their voices together in prayer to God: “O Sovereign Lord, Creator of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them
Acts of the Apostles 4:25 NLT
you spoke long ago by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant, saying, ‘Why were the nations so angry? Why did they waste their time with futile plans?
Acts of the Apostles 4:26 NLT
The kings of the earth prepared for battle; the rulers gathered together against the LORD and against his Messiah.’
Acts of the Apostles 4:27 NLT
“In fact, this has happened here in this very city! For Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate the governor, the Gentiles, and the people of Israel were all united against Jesus, your holy servant, whom you anointed.
Acts of the Apostles 4:28 NLT
But everything they did was determined beforehand according to your will.
Acts of the Apostles 4:29 NLT
And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your word.
Acts of the Apostles 4:30 NLT
Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
Acts of the Apostles 4:31 NLT
After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they preached the word of God with boldness.