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They had Peter and John brought to them. They wanted to question them. "By what power did you do this?" they asked. "And through whose name?"
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Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit. He said to them, "Rulers and elders of the people!
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Are you asking us to explain our actions today? Do you want to know why we were kind to a disabled man? Are you asking how he was healed?
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Then listen to this, you and all the people of Israel! You nailed Jesus Christ of Nazareth to the cross. But God raised him from the dead. It is through Jesus' name that this man stands healed in front of you.
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Scripture says that Jesus is " 'the stone you builders did not accept. But it has become the most important stone of all.' (Psalm 118:22)
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You can't be saved by believing in anyone else. God has given us no other name under heaven that will save us."
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The leaders saw how bold Peter and John were. They also realized that Peter and John were ordinary men with no training. This surprised the leaders. They realized that these men had been with Jesus.
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The leaders could see the man who had been healed standing there with them. So there was nothing they could say.
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They ordered Peter and John to leave the Sanhedrin. Then they talked things over.
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"What can we do with these men?" they asked. "Everybody in Jerusalem knows they have done an outstanding miracle. We can't say it didn't happen.
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We have to stop this thing. It must not spread any further among the people. We have to warn these men. They must never speak to anyone in Jesus' name again."