Chapter 4, verses 10-22
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be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.
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He is ‘the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’
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There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”
13
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.
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Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
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But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
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saying, “What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can’t deny it.
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But so that this spreads no further among the people, let’s threaten them, that from now on they don’t speak to anyone in this name.”
18
They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
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But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
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for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”
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When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people
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For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.
