Acts 4
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Peter and John Arrested and Questioned
1While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple guard, and the Sadducees came up to them. 2They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3They sized Peter and John, and put them in jail until the next day, since it was already evening. 4But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of men came to be about five thousand.
5The next day, their rulers, elders, and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem. 6Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and other relatives of the high priest. 7They had Peter and John stand before them and began to question them, “By what power, or in what name, did y’all do this?”
8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people, 9if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a disabled man, and being asked how he was healed, 10let it be known to all of y’all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth—whom y’all crucified but whom God raised from the dead—this man stands here before y’all healthy. 11This Jesus is ‘the stone rejected by y’all builders, which has become the cornerstone.’#Psalm 118:22 12There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to humans by which we must be saved!”
13Now when they observed the fearless confidence of Peter and John, and it grasped them that they were uneducated, ordinary humans, they marveled, and they recognized that they had been with Jesus. 14And because they could see the man who was healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this. 15But after they ordered them to leave the council, they conferred among themselves, 16saying, “What should we do with these men? For a notable miracle has been done through them, as everyone who lives in Jerusalem has clearly seen, and we can’t deny it. 17But so that this doesn’t spread any further among the people, let’s threaten them to no longer speak in this name to any humans.” 18They called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach in the name of Jesus at all.
19But Peter and John responded, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to y’all rather than to God, y’all be the judge, 20for we can’t help but speak about the things which we have seen and heard.”
21After threatening them again, they let them go because they found no way to punish them while all the people were glorifying God for what had happened. 22For this miracle of healing had been performed on a man who was more than forty years old.
Prayer for Continued Boldness
23After they were let go, they went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24When they heard this, they lifted up their voice to God with one mind and said, “Master, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them. 25You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant David,
‘Why do the ethnic groups rage,
and the peoples plot in vain?
26The kings of the earth take a stand,
and the rulers assemble together,
against the Lord, and against his Christ.’#Psalm 2:1-2
27“The truth is that Herod and Pontius Pilate gathered together in this city with the ethnic groups and the people of Israel against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, 28to do whatever your hand and your will predestined to happen. 29And now, Lord, consider their threats and grant that your servants may speak your word with all boldness, 30while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
31When they had prayed, the place where they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
Pentecost Believers Share Their Possessions
32The whole group of believers were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that any of their possession was their own, but they held everything in common. 33With massive power the apostles were giving their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and massive grace was on them all. 34There was no person in need among them because those who owned land or houses would sell them, bring the proceeds of the sales 35and lay it at the apostles’ feet, and it would be distributed to each person who had a need.
36Joses, a Levite from Cyprus by birth, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which is translated “Son of Encouragement”), 37sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
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