Peter and John Before the Sanhedrin
1 The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people.
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They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
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They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day.
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But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew to about five thousand.
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The next day the rulers, the elders and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem.
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Annas the high priest was there, and so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and others of the high priest’s family.
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They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people!
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If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed,
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then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.