if we are this day examined in
respect to a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this
person has been made whole; (10)be it known to you all, and to all the
people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom
ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him does this man
stand here before you whole. (11)He is the stone that was set at
naught by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner.
(12)And there is salvation in no other; for neither is there any other
name under heaven, that is given among men, in which we must be saved.

(13)And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that
they were unlearned and obscure men, they wondered; and they
recognized them, that they were with Jesus. (14)And beholding the man
who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say
against it. (15)But having commanded them to go aside out of the
council, they conferred among themselves, (16)saying: What shall we do
to these men? For that a notorious miracle has been done by them is
manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny
it. (17)But that it spread no further among the people, let us
strictly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this
name. (18)And having called them, they commanded them not to speak at
all, nor teach, in the name of Jesus.

(19)But Peter and John answering said to them: Whether it is right in
the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye.
(20)For we can not but speak the things which we saw and heard.

(21)And they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no
way to punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified
God for that which was done; (22)for the man was above forty years
old, on whom this sign of the healing had been wrought.

(23)And being dismissed, they went to their own company, and reported
all that the chief priests and elders said to them. (24)And they,
hearing it, lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said:
Lord, thou art he who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all
things in them; (25)who by the mouth of thy servant David said:

Why did the heathen rage[4:25],
And the peoples imagine vain things?
(26)The kings of the earth stood near,
And the rulers assembled together,
Against the Lord, and against his Christ.

(27)For in truth there assembled in this city, against thy holy
servant Jesus, whom thou didst