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13 Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.
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When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.
14 And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.
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But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say.
15 But when they had ordered them to leave the Council, they began to confer with one another,
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So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.
16 saying, "What shall we do with these men? For the fact that a noteworthy miracle has taken place through them is apparent to all who live in 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 so that it will not spread any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no longer to any man 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 And when they had summoned them, they commanded 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 and said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to give heed to you rather than to God, you be the 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 stop speaking about 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 When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) on account of the people, because they were all glorifying 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 was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.
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For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
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.
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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.
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