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Acts 4
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Text Words Connections Compare Context Current outline context Introduction 1:1–26 Dedication to Theophilus 1:1–5 The Ascension 1:6–11 Matthias Replaces Judas 1:12–26 Witnesses in Jerusalem 2:1–8:3 Pentecost 2:1–47 The Holy Spirit at Pentecost 2:1–13 Peter Addresses the Crowd 2:14–36 Three Thousand Believe 2:37–41 The Fellowship of Believers 2:42–47 The Early Church in Jerusalem 3:1–8:3 First Controversy at the Temple 3:1–4:31 A Lame Man Walks 3:1–10 Peter Speaks in Solomon’s Colonnade 3:11–26 Peter and John before the Sanhedrin 4:1–12 The Name Forbidden 4:13–22 The Believer’s Prayer 4:23–31 The Church Community 4:32–5:11 Sharing among Believers 4:32–37
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While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
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greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
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They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
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But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
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The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
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along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.
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They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
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If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,
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then let this be known to all of you and to 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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This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
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Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
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When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.
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And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in response.
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So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.
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“What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.
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But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
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Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
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But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
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For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
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After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.
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For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
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On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
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When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
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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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The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’
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In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
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They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
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And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,
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as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
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After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
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The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
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With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all.
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There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,
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and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.
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Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement),
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sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
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