4:1 As they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
4:2 being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming ①in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
▷ ①Or in the case of
4:3 And they laid hands on them and put them in prison until the next day, for it was already evening.
4:4 But many of those who had heard the ①message believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
▷ ①Lit word
4:5 On the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;
4:6 and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent.
4:7 When they had placed them in the center, they began to inquire, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”
4:8 Then Peter, ①filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “ ②Rulers and elders of the people,
▷ ①Or having just been filled ②Lit Rulers of the people and elders
4:9 if we are ①on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to ②how this man has been made well,
▷ ①Lit answering ②Or by what; or by whom
4:10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that ①by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead— ②by ③this name this man stands here before you in good health.
▷ ①Or in ②Or in ③Or Him
4:11 ①He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE.
▷ ①Lit This One
4:12 And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved.”
4:13 Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them ①as having been with Jesus.
▷ ①Lit that they had been
4:14 And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.
4:15 But when they had ordered them to leave the ①Council, they began to confer with one another,
▷ ①Or Sanhedrin
4:16 saying, “What are we to do with these men? For the fact that a noteworthy ①miracle has taken place through them is apparent to all who live in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
▷ ①Or sign
4:17 But so that it will not spread any further among the people, let’s warn them not to speak any longer to any person in this name.”
4:18 And when they had summoned them, they commanded them not to speak or teach at all ①in the name of Jesus.
▷ ①Or on the basis of
4:19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, make your own judgment;
4:20 for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
4:21 When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) on account of the people, because they were all glorifying God for what had happened;
4:22 for the man on whom this ①miracle of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.
▷ ①Or sign
4:23 When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported everything that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
4:24 And when they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said, “ ①Lord, it is You who MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA, AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THEM,
▷ ①Or Master
4:25 who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said,
‘WHY WERE THE ①NATIONS INSOLENT,
AND THE PEOPLES PLOTTING IN VAIN?
▷ ①Or Gentiles
4:26 THE KINGS OF THE EARTH ①TOOK THEIR STAND,
AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER
AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS ②CHRIST.’
▷ ①Or approached ②I.e., Messiah
4:27 For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy ①servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the ②Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
▷ ①Or Son ②Or nations
4:28 to do whatever Your hand and purpose predestined to occur.
4:29 And ①now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant it to Your bond-servants to speak Your word with all confidence,
▷ ①Or as for the present situation
4:30 while You extend Your hand to heal, and ①signs and wonders take place through the name of Your holy ②servant Jesus.”
▷ ①I.e., confirming miracles ②Or Son
4:31 And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.
4:32 And the ①congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them ②claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them.
▷ ①Or community; lit multitude ②Lit was saying
4:33 And with great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all.
4:34 For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses would sell them and bring the ①proceeds of the sales
▷ ①Lit the prices of the things being sold
4:35 and lay them at the apostles’ feet, and they would be distributed to each to the extent that any had need.
4:36 Now Joseph, a Levite of Cyprian birth, who was also called Barnabas by the apostles (which translated means Son of ①Encouragement),
▷ ①Or Exhortation; or Consolation
4:37 ①owned a tract of land. So he sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
▷ ①Lit a tract...belonging to him, he sold...