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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Acts 4 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/acts/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > Acts 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/3.htm" title="Acts 3">◄</a> Acts 4 <a href="../acts/5.htm" title="Acts 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/acts/4-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Peter and John before the Sanhedrin<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>But while they were speaking to the people, the priests and the magistrate of the temple and the Sadducees overwhelmed them, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>being grieved that they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And they laid hands on them, and they placed them under guard until the next day. For it was now evening. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But many of those who had heard the word believed. And the number of men became five thousand.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And it happened on the next day that their leaders and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>including Annas, the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John and Alexander, and as many as were of the priestly family. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And stationing them in the middle, they questioned them: “By what power, or in whose name, have you done this?” <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Leaders of the people and elders, listen. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If we today are judged by a good deed done to an infirm man, by which he has been made whole, <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>let it be known to all of you and to all of the people of Israel, that in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God has raised from the dead, by him, this man stands before you, healthy. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He is the stone, which was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And there is no salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, by which it is necessary for us to be saved.”<p> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">The Name Forbidden<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then, seeing the constancy of Peter and John, having verified that they were men without letters or learning, they wondered. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Also, seeing the man who had been cured standing with them, they were unable to say anything to contradict them. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But they ordered them to withdraw outside, away from the council, and they conferred among themselves, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>saying: “What shall we do to these men? For certainly a public sign has been done through them, before all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. It is manifest, and we cannot deny it. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But lest it spread further among the people, let us threaten them not to speak anymore in this name to any man.” <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And calling them in, they warned them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Yet truly, Peter and John said in response to them: “Judge whether it is just in the sight of God to listen to you, rather than to God. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For we are unable to refrain from speaking the things that we have seen and heard.” <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But they, threatening them, sent them away, having not found a way that they might punish them because of the people. For all were glorifying the things that had been done in these events. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For the man in whom this sign of a cure had been accomplished was more than forty years old.<p> <A name="24"></a><p class="hdg">The Believers’ Prayer<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../psalms/2.htm">Psalm 2:1–12</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then, having been released, they went to their own, and they reported in full what the leaders of the priests and the elders had said to them. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And when they had heard it, with one accord, they lifted up their voice to God, and they said: “Lord, you are the One who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them,<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>who, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said: ‘Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ.’<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For truly Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, joined together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>to do what your hand and your counsel had decreed would be done. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And now, O Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to your servants that they may speak your word with all confidence, <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>by extending your hand in cures and signs and miracles, to be done through the name of your holy Son, Jesus.” <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered was moved. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. And they were speaking the Word of God with confidence.<p> <A name="33"></a><p class="hdg">Sharing among Believers<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../acts/2.htm#42">Acts 2:42–47</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Then the multitude of believers were of one heart and one soul. Neither did anyone say that any of the things that he possessed were his own, but all things were common to them. <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And with great power, the Apostles were rendering testimony to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord. And great grace was in them all. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And neither was anyone among them in need. For as many as were owners of fields or houses, selling these, were bringing the proceeds of the things that they were selling, <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>and were placing it before the feet of the Apostles. Then it was divided to each one, just as he had need.<p> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Now Joseph, who the Apostles surnamed Barnabas (which is translated as ‘son of consolation’), who was a Levite of Cyprian descent, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/4-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>since he had land, he sold it, and he brought the proceeds and placed these at the feet of the Apostles.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>