1 And in their speaking to the people, there came to them the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees, VP
2 being distressed because of their teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection out from [the] dead. VP
3 And they laid hands on them and put [them] in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. VP
4 But many of those having heard the word believed, and the number of the men became about five thousand. VP
5 And it came to pass on the next day [that] their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem, VP
6 and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of high-priestly kindred. VP
7 And having set them in the midst, they were inquiring, “In what power or in what name did you⁺ do this?” VP
8 Then Peter, having been filled with [the] Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, VP
9 if we this day are examined as to a good work [to] [the] ailing man, by what he has been healed, VP
10 let it be known to all [of] you⁺, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth—whom you⁺ crucified, whom God raised out from [the] dead—in Him this [man] has stood before you⁺ sound. VP
11 This is ‘the stone having been rejected by you⁺, the builders, which has become [the] head of [the] corner.’ VP
12 And there is salvation in no other, for there is not another name under heaven having been given among men in which it is necessary for us to be saved.” VP
13 Now seeing the boldness of Peter and of John, and having comprehended that they are unlettered and ordinary men, they were marveling, and they were recognizing them, that they had been with Jesus. VP
14 And seeing the man having been healed standing with them, they had nothing to contradict. VP
15 But having commanded them to go away outside the Sanhedrin, they were conferring with one another, VP
16 saying, “What shall we do to these men? For indeed that a notable sign has come to pass through them [is] apparent to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny [it]. VP
17 But so that it might not spread further on toward the people, let us threaten them to speak no longer in this name to [any] man.” VP
18 And having summoned them, they charged [them] not to speak at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus. VP
19 But Peter and John, answering, said to them, “Whether it is righteous before God to listen to you⁺ rather than God, you⁺ judge. VP
20 For we are unable not to speak of what we saw and heard.” VP
21 And having further threatened [them], they let them go, finding no [way] how they might punish them, because of the people, because all were glorifying God for that having happened. VP
22 For the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was more than forty years [old]. VP
23 Now having been let go, they went to [their] own and reported how much the chief priests and the elders had said to them. VP
24 And having heard, with one accord they lifted up [their] voice to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things that [are] in them, VP
25 having said by [the] Holy Spirit [through the] mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why did the nations rage and [the] peoples devise vain things? VP
26 The kings of the earth took a stand, and the rulers were gathered together the same [place] against the Lord and against His Christ.’ VP
27 For in truth, they were gathered together in this city against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed—both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with [the] Gentiles and [the] peoples of Israel— VP
28 to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to come to pass. VP
29 And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and give to Your servants to speak Your word with all boldness, VP
30 in You stretching out Your hand for healing and signs and wonders to come to pass through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.” VP
31 And [on] their having prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they were speaking the word of God with boldness. VP
32 Now of the multitude of those having believed [the] heart and soul were one, and no one was saying anything of that being his to be his own, but all things were to them in common. VP
33 And [with] great power the apostles were giving the testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. VP
34 For there was not even anyone in need among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses, selling [them], were bringing the proceeds of the [things] being sold VP
35 and were laying [them] at the feet of the apostles, and distribution was being made to each, just as anyone had need. VP
36 Now Joseph having been called Barnabas by the apostles (which is, being translated, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a Cypriot by birth, VP
37 having sold a field being his, brought the money and laid [it] at the feet of the apostles. VP