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And it came to passon the morrow, that theirrulers,andelders,andscribes,
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AndAnnas the high priest,andCaiaphas,andJohn,andAlexander,and as many aswereof the kindred of the high priest, were gathered togetheratJerusalem.
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And when they had setthemin the midst, they asked, Bywhatpower,orbywhatname,haveyedonethis?
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ThenPeter,filled with the HolyGhost,saiduntothem, Ye rulers of the people,andelders of Israel,
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Ifwe this day be examinedof the good deed done to the impotentman,by what meanshe is made whole;
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Be itknown unto youall,and to all the people of Israel,thatby the name of JesusChrist of Nazareth,whomyecrucified, whomGodraisedfrom the dead, even byhimdoth this man stand herebeforeyouwhole.
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Thisis the stonewhich was set at noughtofyoubuilders, which is become the headof the corner.
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Neitheristheresalvationinanyother:for there isnoneothernameunderheavengivenamongmen,whereby*wemust be saved.
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Now when they saw the boldness of PeterandJohn,andperceivedthat they wereunlearnedandignorantmen, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them,that they had beenwithJesus.
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Andbeholding the man which was healedstandingwiththem, they couldsaynothing against it.
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But when they had commandedthem to go aside out of the council, they conferredamongthemselves,
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Saying, What shall we do to thesemen?forthatindeed a notablemiracle hath been donebythem is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem;and we cannot*deny it.
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Butthat it spreadnofurther*among the people, let us straitlythreatenthem, that they speakhenceforth to nomaninthisname.
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And they calledthem, and commandedthemnot to speak at allnorteachin the name of Jesus.
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ButPeterandJohnanswered and saiduntothem,Whether it beright in the sight of God to hearken unto you more thanuntoGod, judge ye.
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Forwecannot*butspeak the things which we have seenandheard.
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So when they had further threatened them, they letthemgo, findingnothinghow they might punishthem,because of the people:forall men glorifiedGodfor that which was done.
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For the manwasaboveforty years old,onwhomthismiracle of healing was shewed.
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And being let go, they wentto their own company,andreportedall that the chief priestsandelders had said untothem.
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And when they heard that, they lifted up their voicetoGod with one accord,andsaid, Lord,thou art God,which hast madeheaven,andearth,and the sea,andall that in them is:
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Whoby the mouth of thyservantDavid hast said, Whydid the heathenrage, and the peopleimagine vain things?
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The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gatheredtogether*against the Lord,andagainsthisChrist.
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Forof a truthagainstthyholychildJesus,whom thou hast anointed, bothHerod,andPontiusPilate,with the Gentiles,and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
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For to dowhatsoeverthyhandandthycounsel determined before to be done.
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Andnow,Lord,behold*theirthreatenings:and grant untothyservants, that withallboldness they may speakthyword,
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Bystretchingforththinehandtoheal;and that signsandwonders may be doneby the name of thyholychildJesus.
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And when they had prayed, the place was shakenwheretheywere assembled together; and they wereallfilled with the HolyGhost,and they spake the word of Godwithboldness.