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Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.
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And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening.
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But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.
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And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem;
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And Annas, the high priest, was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all the relations of the high priest.
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Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?
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Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,
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If we are questioned today about a good work done to a man who was ill, as to how he has been made well,
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Take note, all of you, and all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you put to death on the cross, whom God gave back from the dead, even through him is this man now before you completely well.
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He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.
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And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.