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Acts 3

## The Acts of the Apostles

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| # Chapter 4
#### 1 | And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
#### 2 | being sore troubled because they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
#### 3 | And they laid hands on them, and put them in ward unto the morrow: for it was now eventide.
#### 4 | But many of them that heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
#### 5 | And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;
#### 6 | and Annas the high priest [was there], and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest.
#### 7 | And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?
#### 8 | Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders,
#### 9 | if we this day are examined concerning a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this man is made whole;
#### 10 | be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] in him doth this man stand here before you whole.
#### 11 | He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.
#### 12 | And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.
#### 13 | Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
#### 14 | And seeing the man that was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
#### 15 | But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
#### 16 | saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been wrought through them, is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
#### 17 | But that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
#### 18 | And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
#### 19 | But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken unto you rather than unto God, judge ye:
#### 20 | for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
#### 21 | And they, when they had further threatened them, let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people; for all men glorified God for that which was done.
#### 22 | For the man was more than forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was wrought.
#### 23 | And being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said unto them.
#### 24 | And they, when they heard it, lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, O Lord, thou that didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:
#### 25 | who by the Holy Spirit, [by] the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?
#### 26 | The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed:
#### 27 | for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,
#### 28 | to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.
#### 29 | And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,
#### 30 | while thy stretchest forth thy hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy Servant Jesus.
#### 31 | And when they had prayed, the place was shaken wherein they were gathered together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
#### 32 | And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul: and not one [of them] said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
#### 33 | And with great power gave the apostles their witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
#### 34 | For neither was there among them any that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
#### 35 | and laid them at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto each, according as any one had need.
#### 36 | And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of exhortation), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,
#### 37 | having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.

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