Acts 4:1-7

1Peter and John were still speaking to the crowd in the yard of the temple. Then some priests, the leader of the police in the temple and some Sadducees came to them.

2They were angry because of the things that Peter and John were teaching the people there. They were teaching that Jesus had become alive again after his death. The Jewish leaders did not agree that dead people could become alive again.

3So they took hold of Peter and John. They put them in prison, because by then it was evening time. They put them in the prison until the next day.

4But many of the people who had heard Peter's message believed what he said. There were now about 5,000 men who believed in Jesus.

5The next day, the Jewish rulers and other important Jews met together in Jerusalem. The teachers of God's Law met together with them.

6They met with Annas who was the most important priest. Caiaphas, John and Alexander were also there. Other men from the family of the most important priest were with them too.

7The Jewish leaders made Peter and John stand in front of them. They began to ask them questions. They said, ‘How did you cause that man's legs to become strong? Who gave you the power and the authority to do it?’