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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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 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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Peter and John before the Council</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_4_1"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.1" class="v44_4_1">1</span>Peter and John were still speaking to the people when some priests,<a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.4.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the officer in charge of the Temple guards, and some Sadducees arrived. </span><span class="v44_4_2"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.2" class="v44_4_2">2</span>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. </span><span class="v44_4_3"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.3" class="v44_4_3">3</span>So they arrested them and put them in jail until the next day, since it was already late. </span><span class="v44_4_4"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.4" class="v44_4_4">4</span>But many who heard the message believed; and the number grew to about five thousand.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_4_5"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.5" class="v44_4_5">5</span>The next day the Jewish leaders, the elders, and the teachers of the Law gathered in Jerusalem. </span><span class="v44_4_6"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.6" class="v44_4_6">6</span>They met with the High Priest Annas and with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the others who belonged to the High Priest's family. </span><span class="v44_4_7"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.7" class="v44_4_7">7</span>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?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_4_8"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.8" class="v44_4_8">8</span>Peter, full of the Holy Spirit, answered them, “Leaders of the people and elders: </span><span class="v44_4_9"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.9" class="v44_4_9">9</span>if we are being questioned today about the good deed done to the lame man and how he was healed, </span><span class="v44_4_10"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.10" class="v44_4_10">10</span>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. </span><span class="v44_4_11"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.11" class="v44_4_11">11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.4.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Jesus is the one of whom the scripture says,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v44_4_11">‘The stone that you the builders despised</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v44_4_11">turned out to be the most important of all.’</span></p><p class="m"><span class="v44_4_12"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.12" class="v44_4_12">12</span>Salvation is to be found through him alone; in all the world there is no one else whom God has given who can save us.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_4_13"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.13" class="v44_4_13">13</span>The members of the Council were amazed to see how bold Peter and John were and to learn that they were ordinary men of no education. They realized then that they had been companions of Jesus. </span><span class="v44_4_14"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.14" class="v44_4_14">14</span>But there was nothing that they could say, because they saw the man who had been healed standing there with Peter and John. </span><span class="v44_4_15"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.15" class="v44_4_15">15</span>So they told them to leave the Council room, and then they started discussing among themselves. </span><span class="v44_4_16"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.16" class="v44_4_16">16</span>“What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “Everyone in Jerusalem knows that this extraordinary miracle has been performed by them, and we cannot deny it. </span><span class="v44_4_17"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.17" class="v44_4_17">17</span>But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn these men never again to speak to anyone in the name of Jesus.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_4_18"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.18" class="v44_4_18">18</span>So they called them back in and told them that under no condition were they to speak or to teach in the name of Jesus. </span><span class="v44_4_19"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.19" class="v44_4_19">19</span>But Peter and John answered them, “You yourselves judge which is right in God's sight—to obey you or to obey God. </span><span class="v44_4_20"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.20" class="v44_4_20">20</span>For we cannot stop speaking of what we ourselves have seen and heard.” </span><span class="v44_4_21"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.21" class="v44_4_21">21</span>So the Council warned them even more strongly and then set them free. They saw that it was impossible to punish them, because the people were all praising God for what had happened. </span><span class="v44_4_22"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.22" class="v44_4_22">22</span>The man on whom this miracle of healing had been performed was over forty years old.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Believers Pray for Boldness</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_4_23"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.23" class="v44_4_23">23</span>As soon as Peter and John were set free, they returned to their group and told them what the chief priests and the elders had said. </span><span class="v44_4_24"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.24" class="v44_4_24">24</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.4.24!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When the believers heard it, they all joined together in prayer to God: “Master and Creator of heaven, earth, and sea, and all that is in them! </span><span class="v44_4_25"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.25" class="v44_4_25">25</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.4.25!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> By means of the Holy Spirit you spoke through our ancestor David, your servant, when he said,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v44_4_25">‘Why were the Gentiles furious;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v44_4_25">why did people make their useless plots?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v44_4_26"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.26" class="v44_4_26">26</span>The kings of the earth prepared themselves,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v44_4_26">and the rulers met together</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v44_4_26">against the Lord and his Messiah.’</span></p><p class="m"><span class="v44_4_27"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.27" class="v44_4_27">27</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.4.27!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> For indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together in this city with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Jesus, your holy Servant, whom you made Messiah. </span><span class="v44_4_28"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.28" class="v44_4_28">28</span>They gathered to do everything that you by your power and will had already decided would happen. </span><span class="v44_4_29"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.29" class="v44_4_29">29</span>And now, Lord, take notice of the threats they have made, and allow us, your servants, to speak your message with all boldness. </span><span class="v44_4_30"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.30" class="v44_4_30">30</span>Reach out your hand to heal, and grant that wonders and miracles may be performed through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_4_31"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.31" class="v44_4_31">31</span>When they finished praying, the place where they were meeting was shaken. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim God's message with boldness.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Believers Share Their Possessions</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_4_32"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.32" class="v44_4_32">32</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.4.32!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The group of believers was one in mind and heart. None of them said that any of their belongings were their own, but they all shared with one another everything they had. </span><span class="v44_4_33"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.33" class="v44_4_33">33</span>With great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God poured rich blessings on them all. </span><span class="v44_4_34"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.34" class="v44_4_34">34</span>There was no one in the group who was in need. Those who owned fields or houses would sell them, bring the money received from the sale, </span><span class="v44_4_35"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.35" class="v44_4_35">35</span>and turn it over to the apostles; and the money was distributed according to the needs of the people.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_4_36"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.36" class="v44_4_36">36</span>And so it was that Joseph, a Levite born in Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means “One who Encourages”), </span><span class="v44_4_37"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.4.37" class="v44_4_37">37</span>sold a field he owned, brought the money, and turned it over to the apostles.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">4.1: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">priests; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">some manuscripts have </char><char style="fq" closed="false">chief priests.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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