ACTS Chapter 4 - Peter And John Before The Sanhedrin

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)