Read Acts 4:1-22 (Free Bible Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Acts 4.1-22, Acts 4v1-22, Ac. 4:1-22. While they were talking to the people, the priests, the captain of the Temple guard, and the Sadducees came up to them. They were angry that they were teaching the peop…
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1 While they were talking to the people, the priests, the captain of the Temple guard, and the Sadducees came up to them.
2 They were angry that they were teaching the people, telling them that through Jesus there is resurrection from the dead.
3 They arrested them and placed them under guard until the following day since it was already evening.
4 But many who had heard the message believed it, and the total number of believers grew to about five thousand.
5 The next day, the rulers, elders, and religious leaders met together in Jerusalem.
6 They included the high priest Annas, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others of the high priest's family.
7 They brought Peter and John before them and asked, “By what power or by whose authority have you done this?”
8 Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, answered them. “Rulers of the people, and elders:
9 Are we being interrogated regarding a good deed done to a man who couldn't help himself, and how he came to be healed?
10 If so, all of you should know, and all the people of Israel, that it was in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the one you killed on a cross and whom God raised from the dead—it's because of him that this man stands before you completely healed.
11 ‘He is the stone you builders rejected, but he has been made the chief cornerstone.’
12 There is no salvation in anyone else; there is no other name under heaven given to humanity that can possibly save us.”
13 When they saw Peter and John's confidence, and realized they were uneducated, ordinary men, they were very surprised. They also recognized them as Jesus' companions.
14 Since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there with them, they had nothing to say in response to what had happened.
15 So they instructed them to wait outside the council while they discussed the matter among themselves.
16 “What should we do with these men?” they asked. “We can't deny a significant miracle has happened through them. Everybody living here in Jerusalem knows about it.
17 But to prevent it spreading among the people any further, we should threaten them never to speak to anybody in this name again.”
18 So they called them back in and ordered them never to speak or teach in the name of Jesus again.
19 But Peter and John responded, “Whether it's right in God's eyes to obey you rather than God—you decide.
20 We can't help talking about what we've seen and heard!”
21 After making more threats they let them go. They couldn't work out how to punish them because everyone was glorifying God for what had happened.
22 For the man who received this miracle of healing was more than forty years old.
Author: Luc · Written: ~ 65 et 80 ap. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 2h40 · Characters: Etienne, Barnabas, Philippe, Pierre, Paul, Corneille, Prisca (Priscille) et Aquilas, Lydie, Silas (Sylvain), Timothée, Jean Marc