Acts 4

1 While they were talking to the people, the priests, the captain of the Temple guard, and the Sadducees came up to them.

And while they were speaking these words to the people, the priests and the Sadducees and the rulers of the temple rose up against them;

2 They were angry that they were teaching the people, telling them that through Jesus there is resurrection from the dead.

being angry with them, that they taught the people, and preached a resurrection from the dead by the Messiah.

3 They arrested them and placed them under guard until the following day since it was already evening.

And they laid hands on them, and kept them until the next day; because evening was drawing near.

4 But many who had heard the message believed it, and the total number of believers grew to about five thousand.

And many who had heard the word, believed; and they were, in number, about five thousand men.

5 The next day, the rulers, elders, and religious leaders met together in Jerusalem.

And the next day, the rulers and the Elders and the Scribes assembled;

6 They included the high priest Annas, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others of the high priest's family.

and also Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and they who were of the kindred of the high priests.

7 They brought Peter and John before them and asked, “By what power or by whose authority have you done this?”

And when they had set them in the midst, they interrogated them: By what power or what name, have ye done this?

8 Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, answered them. “Rulers of the people, and elders:

Then Simon Cephas was filled with the Holy Spirit, and said to them: Ye rulers of the people, and Elders of the house of Israel, hear ye.

9 Are we being interrogated regarding a good deed done to a man who couldn't help himself, and how he came to be healed?

If we are judged by you this day, respecting the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he was healed;

10 If so, all of you should know, and all the people of Israel, that it was in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the one you killed on a cross and whom God raised from the dead—it's because of him that this man stands before you completely healed.

be it known to you, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Messiah the Nazarean, whom ye crucified, and whom God hath raised from the dead, lo, by him, doth this man stand here before you recovered.

11 ‘He is the stone you builders rejected, but he has been made the chief cornerstone.’

This is the stone, which ye builders rejected; and it hath become the head of the corner.

12 There is no salvation in anyone else; there is no other name under heaven given to humanity that can possibly save us.”

Neither is there deliverance in any other; for there is not another name under heaven, which is given to men, whereby to live.

13 When they saw Peter and John's confidence, and realized they were uneducated, ordinary men, they were very surprised. They also recognized them as Jesus' companions.

And when they heard the speech of Simon and John, which they pronounced confidently, they reflected that these were unlearned and plebeian men, and they were surprised at them, and recognized them as having been conversant with Jesus.

14 Since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there with them, they had nothing to say in response to what had happened.

And they saw that the lame man, who had been healed, stood near them; and they could say nothing to confront them.

15 So they instructed them to wait outside the council while they discussed the matter among themselves.

Then they commanded to remove them from the presence of the council; and said one to another:

16 “What should we do with these men?” they asked. “We can't deny a significant miracle has happened through them. Everybody living here in Jerusalem knows about it.

What shall we do to these men? For lo, that a manifest sign hath been wrought by them, is known to all that reside at Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

17 But to prevent it spreading among the people any further, we should threaten them never to speak to anybody in this name again.”

But that the fame of it spread no further, let us interdict their speaking any more to any man in this name.

18 So they called them back in and ordered them never to speak or teach in the name of Jesus again.

And they called them, and commanded them not to speak nor to teach at all in the name of Jesus.

19 But Peter and John responded, “Whether it's right in God's eyes to obey you rather than God—you decide.

Simon Cephas and John answered, and said to them: Whether it be right before God, that we hearken to you more than to God, judge ye.

20 We can't help talking about what we've seen and heard!”

For we cannot but speak that which we have seen and heard.

21 After making more threats they let them go. They couldn't work out how to punish them because everyone was glorifying God for what had happened.

And they threatened them, and dismissed them. For they found no ground for punishing them, because of the people: for every one praised God for what had been done;

22 For the man who received this miracle of healing was more than forty years old.

for the man, on whom this sign of healing had been wrought, was more than forty years old.

23 After the disciples had been released, they went to the other believers and told them everything the chief priests and elders had said to them.

And when they were dismissed, they went to their brethren, and told them all that the priests and Elders had said.

24 When they heard what had happened, they prayed to God together: “Lord, you made heaven and earth and sea, and everything that is in them.

And they, when they heard it, unitedly lifted up their voice to God and said: Lord, thou art God, who hast made heaven, and earth, and seas, and every thing in them.

25 You spoke by the Holy Spirit through David, our forefather and your servant, saying ‘Why did the people of the other nations become so angry? Why did they plot so foolishly against me?

And it is thou who hast said, by the Holy Spirit in the mouth of David thy servant: Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

26 The kings of the earth prepared for war the rulers united together against the Lord and against his Chosen One.’

The kings of the earth and the potentates stood up, and they consulted together, against the Lord, and against his anointed.

27 Now this has really happened right here in this city! Both Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the foreigners and the people of Israel, united together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed as Messiah.

For, in reality, against thy holy Son Jesus whom thou hast anointed, Herod and Pilate, with the Gentiles and the congregation of Israel, have been combined together in this city,

28 They did whatever you had already decided because you had the power and the will to do it.

to do whatever thy hand and thy pleasure previously marked out to be done.

29 Now Lord: look at all their threats against us! Help us your servants to speak your word really boldly.

And also now, Lord, behold and see their menaces: and grant to thy servants, that they may proclaim thy word boldly,

30 As you exercise your power to heal, may signs and miracles be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus!”

while thou extendest thy hand for cures and prodigies, to be done in the name of thy holy Son Jesus.

31 When they had finished praying, the building they were meeting in was shaken. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God boldly.

And when they had prayed and made supplications, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God boldly.

32 All the believers thought and felt the same way. None of them claimed anything they had as their own, but shared everything with each other.

And in the assembly of the persons that believed, there was one soul, and one mind: and no one of them said, of the property he possessed, that it was his own; but whatever was theirs, it was the community's.

33 The apostles gave their testimony regarding the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with tremendous power, and God greatly blessed them all.

And with great power, the legates testified to the resurrection of Jesus Messiah: and great grace was with them all.

34 None of them needed anything because those who had lands or properties sold them.

And no one among them was destitute; for those who possessed lands or houses, sold, and brought the price of what was sold,

35 They took the proceeds and presented them to the apostles to be shared with those in need.

and placed it at the feet of the legates; and distribution was made to every one, as he had need.

36 Joseph, the one the apostles called Barnabas (meaning “son of encouragement”), was a Levite, a Cypriot national.

And Joseph, who by the legates was surnamed Barnabas, (which is interpreted Son of Consolation, ) a Levite of the country of Cyprus,

37 He sold a field that belonged to him. Then he brought the money and presented it to the apostles.

had a field: and he sold it, and brought the price of it, and laid it before the feet of the legates.