8 Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders:G,h 9 If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a disabled man, by what means he was healed, 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing here before you healthy.i 11 This Jesus is

the stone rejected by you builders,

which has become the cornerstone.H,j

12 There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.”k

THE BOLDNESS OF THE DISCIPLES

13 When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.l 14 And since they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in opposition. 15 After they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin, they conferred among themselves, 16 saying, “What should we do with these men? For an obvious sign has been done through them, clear to everyone living in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.m 17 But so that this does not spread any further among the people, let’s threaten them against speaking to anyone in this name again.” 18 So they called for them and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

19 Peter and John answered them, “Whether it’s right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide;n 20 for we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”o

21 After threatening them further, they released them. They found no way to punish them because the people were all giving glory to God over what had been done.p 22 For this sign of healing had been performed on a man over forty years old.

PRAYER FOR BOLDNESS

23 After they were released, they went to their own people and reported everything the chief priests and the elders had said to them.