rvant,
sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your
iniquities."

And as they spoke unto the people, the priests and the captain of the
temple and the Sadducees came upon them, being greatly troubled because
they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from
the dead. And they laid hands on them, and put them in prison unto the
morrow: for it was now eventide. But many of them that heard the word
believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and
scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem; and Annas the high priest
was there, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of
the kindred of the high priest. And when they had set them in the midst,
they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?"

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, "Ye rulers of
the people, and elders, if we this day are examined concerning a good
deed done to a lame man, by {333} what means this man is made whole; be
it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name
of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the
dead, even in him doth this man stand here before you whole. He is the
stone which was set at naught of you the builders, which was made the
head of the corner. And in none other is there salvation: for neither is
there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, whereby we
must be saved."

Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived
that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took
knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. And seeing the man
which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they
conferred among themselves, saying, "What shall we do to these men? that
a notable miracle hath been wrought through them, is manifest to all
that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. But that it spread no
further among the people, let us threaten them, that they speak
henceforth to no man in this name."

And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in
the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said unto them,
"Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken unto you rather than
unto God, judge ye: for we cannot but speak the things