Acts 4:1-17

¹And while they were talking to the people, the priests and the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came up to them,

²Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.

³And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening.

⁴But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.

⁵And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem;

⁶And Annas, the high priest, was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all the relations of the high priest.

⁷Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?

⁸Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,

⁹If we are questioned today about a good work done to a man who was ill, as to how he has been made well,

¹⁰Take note, all of you, and all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you put to death on the cross, whom God gave back from the dead, even through him is this man now before you completely well.

¹¹He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.

¹²And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.

¹³Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.

¹⁴And, seeing that the man who had been made well was there with them, they were not able to say anything against it.

¹⁵But when they had given them orders to go out of the Sanhedrin, they had a discussion among themselves,

¹⁶Saying, What are we to do with these men? for certainly it is clear to all who are living in Jerusalem that a most important sign has been done by them, and it is not possible to say that it is not so.

¹⁷But so that it may not go farther among the people, let us put them in fear of punishment if they say anything in future in this name.