Acts 4:19-29

19 But ¹Peter and John answered and said to them, "²Whether it is right in the sight of God to give heed to you rather than to God, you be the judge;

20 for ³we 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) ⁴on account of the people, because they were all ⁵glorifying God for what had happened;

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

23 When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

24 And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with one accord and said, "O Lord, it is You who ⁶MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM

25 who ⁷by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said, '⁸WHY * DID THE GENTILES RAGE, AND THE PEOPLES DEVISE FUTILE THINGS?

26 '⁹THE KINGS OF THE EARTH TOOK THEIR STAND, AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER * * AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS ¹⁰CHRIST.'

27 For truly * in this city there were gathered together against Your holy ¹¹servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both ¹²Herod and ¹³Pontius Pilate, along with ¹⁴the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

28 to do whatever Your hand and ¹⁵Your purpose predestined to occur.