4:23 When they were released, Peter and John 5 went to their fellow believers 6 and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them. 4:24 When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind 7 and said, “Master of all, 8 you who made the heaven, the earth, 9 the sea, and everything that is in them, 4:25 who said by the Holy Spirit through 10 your servant David our forefather, 11
‘Why do the nations 12 rage, 13
and the peoples plot foolish 14 things?
4:26 The kings of the earth stood together, 15
and the rulers assembled together,
against the Lord and against his 16 Christ.’ 17
4:27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against 18 your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, 19 4:28 to do as much as your power 20 and your plan 21 had decided beforehand 22 would happen. 4:29 And now, Lord, pay attention to 23 their threats, and grant 24 to your servants 25 to speak your message 26 with great courage, 27 4:30 while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs 28 and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” 4:31 When 29 they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, 30 and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak 31 the word of God 32 courageously. 33
4:32 The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, 34 and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common. 35 4:33 With 36 great power the apostles were giving testimony 37 to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all. 4:34 For there was no one needy 38 among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling 39 them 40 and bringing the proceeds from the sales 4:35 and placing them at the apostles’ feet. The proceeds 41 were distributed to each, as anyone had need. 4:36 So Joseph, a Levite who was a native of Cyprus, called by the apostles Barnabas (which is translated “son of encouragement”), 42 4:37 sold 43 a field 44 that belonged to him and brought the money 45 and placed it at the apostles’ feet.