Acts 4:1–12

Peter and John Before the Sanhedrin

4 The priests and the captain of the temple guardy and the Sadduceesz came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people. 2 They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.a 3 They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jailb until the next day. 4 But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grewc to about five thousand.

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

8 Then 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 lameh and are being asked how he was healed, 10 then 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. 11 Jesus is

“ ‘the stone you builders rejected,

which has become the cornerstone.’a k

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