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While Peter and John were addressing the people, the priests, the chief of the Temple police, and some Sadducees came up,

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The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people.

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Now as they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,

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While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the leading priests, the captain of the Temple guard, and some of the Sadducees came over to them.

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indignant that these upstart apostles were instructing the people and proclaiming that the resurrection from the dead had taken place in Jesus.

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They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

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being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

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They were very disturbed that Peter and John were claiming, on the authority of Jesus, that there is a resurrection of the dead.

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They arrested them and threw them in jail until morning, for by now it was late in the evening.

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They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day.

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And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.

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They arrested them and, since it was already evening, jailed them until morning.

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But many of those who listened had already believed the Message--in round numbers about five thousand!

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But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

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However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

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But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so that the number of believers totaled about five thousand men, not counting women and children.

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The next day a meeting was called in Jerusalem. The rulers, religious leaders, religion scholars,

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The next day the rulers, elders and teachers of the law met in Jerusalem.

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And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes,

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The next day the council of all the rulers and elders and teachers of religious law met in Jerusalem.

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Annas the Chief Priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander--everybody who was anybody was there.

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Annas the high priest was there, and so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and the other men of the high priest's family.

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as well as Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

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Annas the high priest was there, along with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and other relatives of the high priest.

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They stood Peter and John in the middle of the room and grilled them: "Who put you in charge here? What business do you have doing this?"

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They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: "By what power or what name did you do this?"

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And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, "By what power or by what name have you done this?"

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They brought in the two disciples and demanded, "By what power, or in whose name, have you done this?"

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With that, Peter, full of the Holy Spirit, let loose: "Rulers and leaders of the people,

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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers and elders of the people!

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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders of Israel:

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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Leaders and elders of our nation,

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if we have been brought to trial today for helping a sick man, put under investigation regarding this healing,

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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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If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well,

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are we being questioned because we've done a good deed for a crippled man? Do you want to know how he was healed?

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I'll be completely frank with you--we have nothing to hide. By the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the One you killed on a cross, the One God raised from the dead, by means of his name this man stands before you healthy and whole.

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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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let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole.

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Let me clearly state to you and to all the people of Israel that he was healed in the name and power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, the man you crucified, but whom God raised from the dead.

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Jesus is "the stone you masons threw out, which is now the cornerstone.'

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He is "'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the capstone. '

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This is the "stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.'

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For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, 'The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.'

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Salvation comes no other way; no other name has been or will be given to us by which we can be saved, only this one."

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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."

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Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

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There is salvation in no one else! There is no other name in all of heaven for people to call on to save them."

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They couldn't take their eyes off them--Peter and John standing there so confident, so sure of themselves! Their fascination deepened when they realized these two were laymen with no training in Scripture or formal education. They recognized them as companions of Jesus,

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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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Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.

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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 who had had no special training. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.

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but with the man right before them, seeing him standing there so upright--so healed!-what could they say against that?

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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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And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

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But since the man who had been healed was standing right there among them, the council had nothing to say.

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They sent them out of the room so they could work out a plan. They talked it over:

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So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.

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But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

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So they sent Peter and John out of the council chamber and conferred among themselves.

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"What can we do with these men? By now it's known all over town that a miracle has occurred, and that they are behind it. There is no way we can refute that.

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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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saying, "What shall we do to these men? For, indeed, that a notable miracle has been done through them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

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"What should we do with these men?" they asked each other. "We can't deny they have done a miraculous sign, and everybody in Jerusalem knows about it.

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But so that it doesn't go any further, let's silence them with threats so they won't dare to use Jesus' name ever again with anyone."

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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."

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But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name."

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But perhaps we can stop them from spreading their propaganda. We'll warn them not to speak to anyone in Jesus' name again."

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They called them back and warned them that they were on no account ever again to speak or teach in the name of Jesus.

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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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So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

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So they called the apostles back in and told them never again to speak or teach about Jesus.

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But Peter and John spoke right back, "Whether it's right in God's eyes to listen to you rather than to God, you decide.

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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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But Peter and John answered and said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.

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But Peter and John replied, "Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him?

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As for us, there's no question--we can't keep quiet about what we've seen and heard."

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For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard."

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For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard."

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We cannot stop telling about the wonderful things we have seen and heard."

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The religious leaders renewed their threats, but then released them. They couldn't come up with a charge that would stick, that would keep them in jail. The people wouldn't have stood for it--they were all praising God over what had happened.

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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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So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way of punishing them, because of the people, since they all glorified God for what had been done.

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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

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The man who had been miraculously healed was over forty years old.

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For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.

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For the man was over forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.

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for this miraculous sign--the healing of a man who had been lame for more than forty years.