Acts 4:5–13

⁵The next day the rulers,^d the elders and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem. ⁶Annas the high priest was there, and so were Caiaphas,^e John, Alexander and others of the high priest’s family. ⁷They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

⁸Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit,^f said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people!^{g 9}If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame^h and are being asked how he was healed, ¹⁰then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,ⁱ whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead,^j that this man stands before you healed. ¹¹Jesus is

“ ‘the stone you builders rejected,

which has become the cornerstone.’^ak

¹²Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”^l

¹³When they saw the courage of Peter and John^m and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men,ⁿ they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.^o