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Acts 4:8-22 NIV
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers and
elders of the people!
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If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown
to a cripple and are asked how he was healed,
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then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name
of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised
from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
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He is " 'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the
capstone.'
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Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under
heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized
that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and
they took note that these men had been with Jesus.
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But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there
with them, there was nothing they could say.
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So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then
conferred together.
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"What are we going to do with these men?" they asked. "Everybody
living in Jerusalem knows they have done an outstanding miracle, and
we cannot deny it.
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But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people,
we must warn these men to speak no longer to anyone in this name."
18 Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or
teach at all in the name of Jesus.
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But Peter and John replied, "Judge for yourselves whether it is
right in God's sight to obey you rather than God.
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For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard."
21 After further threats they let them go. They could not
decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising God
for what had happened.
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For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
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