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16 saying, "What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is evident to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
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“What are we going to do with these men?” they asked. “Everyone living in Jerusalem knows they have performed a notable sign, and we cannot deny it.
17 But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name."
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But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them to speak no longer to anyone in this name.”
18 So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
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Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
19 But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge,
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But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges!
20 for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard."
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As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
21 And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people, for all were praising God for what had happened.
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After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened.
22 For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.
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For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
23 When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
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On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
24 And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, "Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,
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When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.
25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, "'Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain?
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You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David: “ ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
26 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed'--
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The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed one. ’
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