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They had the emissaries stand before them and asked, "By what power or in what name did you do this?"
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Then Kefa, filled with the Ruach HaKodesh, said to them, "Rulers and elders of the people!
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If we are being examined today about a good deed done for a disabled person, if you want to know how he was restored to health,
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then let it be known to you and to all the people of Isra'el that it is in the name of the Messiah, Yeshua from Natzeret, whom you had executed on a stake as a criminal but whom God has raised from the dead, that this man stands before you perfectly healed.
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"This Yeshua is the stone rejected by you builders which has become the cornerstone.
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There is salvation in no one else! For there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by whom we must be saved!"
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When they saw how bold Kefa and Yochanan were, even though they were untrained 'am-ha'aretz, they were amazed; also they recognized them as having been with Yeshua.
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Moreover, since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there beside them, there was nothing they could say to discredit the healing.
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So they told them to step away from the Sanhedrin while they discussed the matter privately.
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"What can we do with these men?" they asked each other. "Why, anyone in Yerushalayim can see that a remarkable miracle has come about through them - we can't possibly deny that.
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But to prevent it from spreading any further among the people, let's warn them not to speak any more to anyone in this name."