1 As they were speaking to the people, the priests and 1the captain of the temple guard and 2the Sadducees3came up to them,
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being greatlydisturbedbecause they were teaching the people and proclaiming4in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
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And they laidhands on them and 5put them in jailuntil the nextday, for it was alreadyevening.
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But many of those who had heard the messagebelieved; and 6the number of the mencame to be aboutfivethousand.
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On the nextday, their 7rulers and elders and scribes were gatheredtogether in Jerusalem;
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and 8Annas the highpriest was there, and 9Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and allwho were of high-priestlydescent.
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When they had placed them in the center, they began to inquire, "By whatpower, or in whatname, have you donethis?"
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ThenPeter, 10filled with the HolySpirit, said to them, "11Rulers and elders of the people,
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if we are on trialtoday for 12a benefitdone to a sickman, as to howthisman has been madewell,
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let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that 13by the name of JesusChrist the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom14Godraised from the dead -by this name thismanstandsherebefore you in goodhealth.
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"15He is the 16STONE WHICH WAS 17REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEFCORNER stone.
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"And there is salvation in 18no*oneelse; for there is noothernameunderheaven that has been givenamongmen by which we must be saved."