Acts 4:1–20

¹And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, ²being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among the dead; ³and they laid hands on them, and put them in ward till the morrow; for it was already evening. ⁴But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become about five thousand.

⁵And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem, ⁶and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the high priestly family; ⁷and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have ye done this? ⁸Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel, ⁹if we this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed done to the infirm man, how he has been healed, ¹⁰be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom ye have crucified, whom God has raised from among the dead, by him this man stands here before you sound in body. ¹¹He is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone. ¹²And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved. ¹³But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and uninstructed men, they wondered; and they recognised them that they were with Jesus. ¹⁴And beholding the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to reply;

¹⁵but having commanded them to go out of the council they conferred with one another, ¹⁶saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed an evident sign has come to pass through their means is manifest to all that inhabit Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. ¹⁷But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name. ¹⁸And having called them, they charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. ¹⁹But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye; ²⁰for as for us we cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.