Acts 4:5–13

⁵The next day the rulers, the elders and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem. ⁶Annas, the high priest, was there. So were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and others in the high priest’s family. ⁷They had Peter and John brought to them. They wanted to question them. “By what power did you do this?” they asked. “And through whose name?”

⁸Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit. He said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people! ⁹Are you asking us to explain our actions today? Do you want to know why we were kind to a disabled man? Are you asking how he was healed? ¹⁰Then listen to this, you and all the people of Israel! You nailed Jesus Christ of Nazareth to the cross. But God raised him from the dead. It is through Jesus’ name that this man stands healed in front of you. ¹¹Scripture says that Jesus is

“ ‘the stone you builders did not accept.

But it has become the most important stone of all.’

¹²You can’t be saved by believing in anyone else. God has given us no other name under heaven that will save us.”

¹³The leaders saw how bold Peter and John were. They also realized that Peter and John were ordinary men with no training. This surprised the leaders. They realized that these men had been with Jesus.