Acts 4:2-23

2being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among [the] dead;

3and they laid hands on them, and put them in ward till the morrow; for it was already evening.

4But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become [about] five thousand.

5And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

6and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of [the] high priestly family;

7and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have ye done this?

8Then Peter, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders [of Israel],

9if we this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed [done] to the infirm man, how he has been healed,

10be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom ye have crucified, whom 1God has raised from among [the] dead, by him this [man] stands here before you sound [in body].

11He is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone.

12And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved.

13But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and uninstructed men, they wondered; and they recognised them that they were with Jesus.

14And beholding the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to reply;

15but having commanded them to go out of the council they conferred with one another,

16saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed an evident sign has come to pass through their means is manifest to all that inhabit Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

17But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.

18And having called them, they charged [them] not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

19But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before 2God to listen to you rather than to 3God, judge ye;

20for as for us we cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.

21But they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way how they might punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified 4God for what had taken place;

22for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old.

23And having been let go, they came to their own [company], and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.