Acts 4:10-17

10let it be known and clearly understood by all of you, and by all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you [demanded be] crucified [by the Romans and], whom God raised from the dead—in this name [that is, by the authority and power of Jesus] this man stands here before you in good health.

11This Jesus is the stone which was despised and rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief Cornerstone.

12And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among people by which we must be saved [for God has provided the world no alternative for salvation].”

13Now when the men of the Sanhedrin (Jewish High Court) saw the confidence and boldness of Peter and John, and grasped the fact that they were uneducated and untrained [ordinary] men, they were astounded, and began to recognize that they had been with Jesus.

14And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in reply.

15But after ordering them to step out of the Council [chamber], they began to confer among themselves,

16saying, “What are we to do with these men? For the fact that an extraordinary miracle has taken place through them is public knowledge and clearly evident to all the residents of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

17But to keep it from spreading further among the people and the nation, let us [sternly] warn them not to speak again to anyone in this name.”