Peter
And John Before The Sanhedrin
The
Priests and the Captain of the Temple Guard
And
the Sadducees came up to Peter and John
While
they were speaking to the people.
2
They were greatly disturbed
Because
the Apostles were Teaching the people
And
proclaiming in Jesus the Resurrection of the Dead.
3
They Seized Peter and John,
And
because it was evening,
They
put them in Jail until the next day.
4
BUT MANY WHO HEARD THE MESSAGE BELEIVED,
AND
THE NIMBER OF MEN GREW TO ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND.
5
the next day the Rulers, Elders and Teachers of the Law
Met
in Jerusalem.
6
Annas the High Priest was there,
And
so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander
And
the other men of the High Priest's family.
7
They had Peter and John brought before them
And
began to question them:
'By
what Power or what name did you do this?'
8
Then Peter, Filled with the Holy Spirit,
Said
to them:
'Rulers
and Elders of the people!
9
If we are being called to account today
For
and Act of Kindness Shown to a Cripple
And
are asked how he was healed,
10
THEN KNOW THIS,
YOU
AND EVERYONE ELSE IN ISRAEL:
IT
IS BY THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH,
WHOM
YOU CURCIFIED
BUT
WHOM GOD RAISED FROM THE DEAD,
THAT
THIS MAN STANDS BEFORE YOU
COMPLETELY
HEALED.
11
He is
THE
STONE YOU BUILDERS REJECTED,
WHICH
HAS BECOME THE CAPSTONE.
12
SALVATION IS FOUND IN NO ONE ELSE,
FOR
THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN
GIVEN
TO MEN
BY
WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED.'
13
When they saw the Courage of Peter and John
And
realized that they were Unschooled,
Ordinary
men,
They
were Astonished
And
took note that these men had been with Jesus.
14
But since they could see the man
Who
had been healed standing there with them,
There
was Nothing they could say.
15
So they ordered them
To
withdraw from the Sanhedrin
And
then conferred together.
14
'WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THESE MEN?'
They
asked,
'EVERYBODY
LIVING IN JERUSLAEM
KNOWS
THEY HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING MIRACLE,
AND
WE CANNOT DENY IT.
15
BUT TO STOP THIS THING
FROM
SPREADING ANY FURTHER AMONG THE PEOPLE,
WE
MUST WARN THESE MEN TO SPEAK NO LONGER
TO
ANYONE IN THIS NAME.'
16
Then they called them in again
AND
COMMANDED THEM NOT TO SPEAK OR TEACH
AT
ALL IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
19
But Peter and John replied,
'JUDGE
FOR YOURSELVES WHETHER IT IS RIGHT
IN
GOD'S SIGHT
TO
OBEY YOU RATHER THAN GOD.
20
FOR WE CANNOT HELP SPEAKING
ABOUT
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD.'
21
AFTER FUTHER THREATS THEY LET THEM GO.
They
could not decide how to punish them,
BECAUSE
ALL THE PEOPLE WERE PRAISING GOD
FOR
WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
22For
the man who had been healed
Was
over forty years old.
The
Believers' Prayer
23
On their release,
Peter
and John went back to their own people
And
reported all
That
the Chief Priests and Elders had said to them.
24
When they heard this,
They
raised their voices together in Prayer to God.
'SOVEREIGN
LORD,' they said,
'YOU
MADE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH ANDTHE SEA,
AND
EVERYTHING IN THEM.
25
YOU SPOKE BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
THROUGH
THE MOUTH OF YOUR SERVANT,
OUR
FATHER DAVID:
'WHY
DO THE NATIONS RAGE
AND
THE PEOPLES PLOT IN VAIN?
26
THE KINGS OF THE EARTH TAKE THEIR STAND
AND
THE RULERS GATHER TOGETHER
AGAINST
THE LORD
AND
AGAINST HIS ANOINTED ONE.'
27
Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate
Met
together with the Gentiles
And
the people of Israel in this City
TO
CONSPIRE AGAINST YOUR HOLY SERVANT JESUS,
WHOM
YOU ANOINTED.
28
THEY DID WHAT YOUR POWER AND WILL
HAD
DECIDED BEFOREHAND SHOULD HAPPEN.
29
NOW, LORD,
CONSIDER
THEIR THREATS
AND
ENABLE YOUR SERVANTS TO SPEAK YOUR WORD
WITHE
GREAT BOLDNESS.
30
STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND
TO
HEAL AND PERFORM MIRACULOUSSIGNS AND WONDERS
THROUGH
THE NAME
OF
YOUR HOLY SERVANT JESUS.'
31
After they Prayed,
THE
PLACE WHERE THEY WERE MEETING WAS SHAKEN.
AND
THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND
SPOKE THE WORD OF GOD BOLDLY.
The
Believers Share Their Possessions
32
ALL THE BELIEVERS WERE ONE
IN
HEART AND MIND.
No
one claimed
That
any of his Possessions was his own,
BUT
THEY SHARED EVERYTHING THEY HAD.
33
WITH GREAT POWER THE APOSTLES
CONTINUED
TO TESTIFY
TO
THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD JESUS,
AND
MUCH GRACE WAS UPON THEM ALL.
34
There were No Needy persons among them.
For
from time to time
Those
who owned lands or houses sold them,
Brought
the money from the sales
35
And put it at the Apostles feet,
And
it was Distributed to anyone as he had need.
(Acts
4)
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