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And they arrested them and put them in custody until the morrow, for it was already evening.
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But many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
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On the morrow their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem,
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with Annas the high priest and Ca'iaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.
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And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders,
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if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a cripple, by what means this man has been healed,
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be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man is standing before you well.
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This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but which has become the head of the corner.
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And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
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Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they wondered; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus.
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But seeing the man that had been healed standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition.
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But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred with one another,
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saying, "What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is manifest to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
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But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to any one in this name."