Acts 4:1-11

1 Peter and John were still speaking to the people when some priests, the officer in charge of the Temple guards, and some Sadducees arrived.
2 They were annoyed because the two apostles were teaching the people that Jesus had risen from death, which proved that the dead will rise to life.
3 So they arrested them and put them in jail until the next day, since it was already late.
4 But many who heard the message believed; and the number grew to about five thousand.
5 The next day the Jewish leaders, the elders, and the teachers of the Law gathered in Jerusalem.
6 They met with the High Priest Annas and with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the others who belonged to the High Priest's family.
7 They made the apostles stand before them and asked them, "How did you do this? What power do you have or whose name did you use?"
8 Peter, full of the Holy Spirit, answered them, "Leaders of the people and elders:
9 if we are being questioned today about the good deed done to the lame man and how he was healed,
10 then you should all know, and all the people of Israel should know, that this man stands here before you completely well through the power of the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth - whom you crucified and whom God raised from death.
11 Jesus is the one of whom the scripture says, 1 "The stone that you the builders despised turned out to be the most important of all.'

Cross References 1

  • 1. 4.11Psalms 118.22.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. priests; [some manuscripts have] chief priests.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.