37;
37 sold a field he owned and
brought the money and put it at the apostles’ feet. (1)
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26 The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against His anointed One.’ (8)
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.
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17 But
to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn
them to speak no longer to anyone in this Name.” (8)
18 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, “Which is right in
God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to Him? You be the judges!
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8 Then
Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the
people!
(8)
9 If we are being
called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and
are being asked how he was healed,
10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom
God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
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The Believers Share
Their Possessions
32 All
the believers were One in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own,
but they shared everything they had. (5)
33 With Great Power the apostles
continued to testify
to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God Grace was so Powerfully at work in them all
34 that there were no
needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses
sold them, brought the money from the sales
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The Believers Pray
23 On
their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all
that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. (5)
24 When they heard
this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heavens and the
earth and the 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?
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14 But
since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them,
there was nothing they could say.
(5)
15 So they ordered
them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.
16 “What are we going to do with these men?” they
asked. “Everyone living in Jerusalem knows they have performed a notable sign,
and we cannot deny it.
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5 The
next day the rulers, the elders and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem. (5)
6 Annas the high
priest was there, and so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and others 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?”
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29 Now,
Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with
great boldness.
(2)
30 Stretch out Your hand to heal
and perform Signs 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.
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20 As
for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.” (2)
21 After further
threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all
the people were praising God for what had happened.
22 For the man who was miraculously
healed was over forty years old.
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11 Jesus
is “‘the Stone you builders rejected, which Has become the
Cornerstone.’ (2)
12 Salvation is found in no one
else, for there is no other Name under heaven given to mankind 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 they took note that these men had been with Jesus.
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Peter and John
Before the Sanhedrin
4 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, proclaiming in Jesus the
resurrection of the dead. (2)
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 believed; so the number
of men who believed grew to about five thousand.
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