Acts 4:5–13

⁵The next day the Jewish leaders, the elders, and the teachers of the Law gathered in Jerusalem. ⁶They met with the High Priest Annas and with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the others who belonged to the High Priest’s family. ⁷They made the apostles stand before them and asked them, “How did you do this? What power have you got or whose name did you use?”

⁸Peter, full of the Holy Spirit, answered them, “Leaders of the people and elders: ⁹if we are being questioned today about the good deed done to the lame man and how he was healed, ¹⁰then you should all know, and all the people of Israel should know, that this man stands here before you completely well through the power of the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth—whom you crucified and whom God raised from death. ^11*Jesus is the one of whom the scripture says:

‘The stone that you the builders despised

turned out to be the most important of all.’

¹²Salvation is to be found through him alone; in all the world there is no one else whom God has given who can save us.”

¹³The members of the Council were amazed to see how bold Peter and John were and to learn that they were ordinary men of no education. They realized then that they had been companions of Jesus.