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Do you want to know how he was healed? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Let me clearly state to all of you and to all the people of Israel that he was healed by the powerful name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> the man you crucified but whom God raised from the dead. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">‘The stone that you builders rejected</p><p class="line2">has now become the cornerstone.’<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there among them, there was nothing the council could say. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So they ordered Peter and John out of the council chamber<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> and conferred among themselves.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“What should we do with these men?” they asked each other. “We can’t deny that they have performed a miraculous sign, and everybody in Jerusalem knows about it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But to keep them from spreading their propaganda any further, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in Jesus’ name again.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So they called the apostles back in and commanded them never again to speak or teach in the name of Jesus.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But Peter and John replied, “Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The council then threatened them further, but they finally let them go because they didn’t know how to punish them without starting a riot. For everyone was praising God <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>for this miraculous sign—the healing of a man who had been lame for more than forty years.</p><p class="hdg">The Believers Pray for Courage</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>As soon as they were freed, Peter and John returned to the other believers and told them what the leading priests and elders had said. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When they heard the report, all the believers lifted their voices together in prayer to God: “O Sovereign Lord, Creator of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>you spoke long ago by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant, saying,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">‘Why were the nations so angry?</p><p class="line2">Why did they waste their time with futile plans?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The kings of the earth prepared for battle;</p><p class="line2">the rulers gathered together</p><p class="line1">against the LORD</p><p class="line2">and against his Messiah.’<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“In fact, this has happened here in this very city! For Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate the governor, the Gentiles, and the people of Israel were all united against Jesus, your holy servant, whom you anointed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But everything they did was determined beforehand according to your will. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your word. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they preached the word of God with boldness.</p><p class="hdg">The Believers Share Their Possessions</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their own, so they shared everything they had. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The apostles testified powerfully to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God’s great blessing was upon them all. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>There were no needy people among them, because those who owned land or houses would sell them <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>and bring the money to the apostles to give to those in need.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>For instance, there was Joseph, the one the apostles nicknamed Barnabas (which means “Son of Encouragement”). He was from the tribe of Levi and came from the island of Cyprus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/4-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>He sold a field he owned and brought the money to the apostles.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">4:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Jesus Christ of Nazareth.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">4:11 </span><span class="ft">Ps 118:22.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">4:15 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">the Sanhedrin.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">4:25-26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">his anointed one;</span><span class="ft"> or </span><span class="it">his Christ.</span><span class="ft"> Ps 2:1-2.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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