4:5 On the next day, 1 their rulers, elders, and experts in the law 2 came together 3 in Jerusalem. 4 4:6 Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest’s family. 5 4:7 After 6 making Peter and John 7 stand in their midst, they began to inquire, “By what power or by what name 8 did you do this?” 4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, 9 replied, 10 “Rulers of the people and elders, 11 4:9 if 12 we are being examined 13 today for a good deed 14 done to a sick man – by what means this man was healed 15 – 4:10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ 16 the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy. 4:11 This Jesus 17 is the stone that was rejected by you, 18 the builders, that has become the cornerstone. 19 4:12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people 20 by which we must 21 be saved.”
4:13 When they saw the boldness 22 of Peter and John, and discovered 23 that they were uneducated 24 and ordinary 25 men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus. 4:14 And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this. 26 4:15 But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, 27 they began to confer with one another, 4:16 saying, “What should we do with these men? For it is plain 28 to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign 29 has come about through them, 30 and we cannot deny it. 4:17 But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more 31 to anyone in this name.” 4:18 And they called them in and ordered 32 them not to speak or teach at all in the name 33 of Jesus. 4:19 But Peter and John replied, 34 “Whether it is right before God to obey 35 you rather than God, you decide, 4:20 for it is impossible 36 for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.” 4:21 After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising 37 God for what had happened. 4:22 For the man, on whom this miraculous sign 38 of healing had been performed, 39 was over forty years old.
4:23 When they were released, Peter and John 40 went to their fellow believers 41 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 42 and said, “Master of all, 43 you who made the heaven, the earth, 44 the sea, and everything that is in them, 4:25 who said by the Holy Spirit through 45 your servant David our forefather, 46
‘Why do the nations 47 rage, 48
and the peoples plot foolish 49 things?
4:26 The kings of the earth stood together, 50
and the rulers assembled together,
against the Lord and against his 51 Christ.’ 52
4:27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against 53 your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, 54 4:28 to do as much as your power 55 and your plan 56 had decided beforehand 57 would happen. 4:29 And now, Lord, pay attention to 58 their threats, and grant 59 to your servants 60 to speak your message 61 with great courage, 62 4:30 while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs 63 and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” 4:31 When 64 they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, 65 and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak 66 the word of God 67 courageously. 68
4:32 The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, 69 and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common. 70 4:33 With 71 great power the apostles were giving testimony 72 to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all. 4:34 For there was no one needy 73 among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling 74 them 75 and bringing the proceeds from the sales 4:35 and placing them at the apostles’ feet. The proceeds 76 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”), 77 4:37 sold 78 a field 79 that belonged to him and brought the money 80 and placed it at the apostles’ feet.