Acts 4:12-22

12 "And there is salvation in ¹no * one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved."

Threat and Release

13 Now as they observed the ²confidence of ³Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and ⁴began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.

14 And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.

15 But when they had ordered them to leave the ⁵Council, they began to confer with one another,

16 saying, "⁶What shall we do with these men? For the fact that a ⁷noteworthy miracle has taken place through them is apparent to all who live in Jerusalem, and we cannot * deny it.

17 "But so that it will not spread any further * among the people, let us warn them to speak no longer to any man ⁸in this name."

18 And when they had summoned them, they ⁹commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

19 But ¹⁰Peter and John answered and said to them, "¹¹Whether it is right in the sight of God to give heed to you rather than to God, you be the judge;

20 for ¹²we cannot * stop speaking about what we have seen and heard."

21 When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) ¹³on account of the people, because they were all ¹⁴glorifying God for what had happened;

22 for the man was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.

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