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And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

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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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Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

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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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And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.

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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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Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

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

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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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And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at 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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And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

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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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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

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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 this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;

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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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Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

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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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This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

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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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Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

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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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Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

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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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And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

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

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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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Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

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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 that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

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

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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 answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.

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

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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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So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.

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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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For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.

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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.

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And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.

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As soon as Peter and John were let go, they went to their friends and told them what the high priests and religious leaders had said.

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On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

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And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

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As soon as they were freed, Peter and John found the other believers and told them what the leading priests and elders had said.

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And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

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Hearing the report, they lifted their voices in a wonderful harmony in prayer: "Strong God, you made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.

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When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. "Sovereign Lord," they said, "you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.

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So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,

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Then all the believers were united as they lifted their voices in prayer: "O Sovereign Lord, Creator of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them--

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Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

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By the Holy Spirit you spoke through the mouth of your servant and our father, David: Why the big noise, nations? Why the mean plots, peoples?

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You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David: "'Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

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who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: "Why did the nations rage, And the people plot vain things?

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you spoke long ago by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor King David, your servant, saying, 'Why did the nations rage? Why did the people waste their time with futile plans?

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The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

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Earth's leaders push for position, Potentates meet for summit talks, The God-deniers, the Messiah--defiers!

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The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against his Anointed One. '

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The kings of the earth took their stand, And the rulers were gathered together Against the LORD and against His Christ.'

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The kings of the earth prepared for battle; the rulers gathered together against the Lord and against his Messiah.'

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For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

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"For in fact they did meet--Herod and Pontius Pilate with nations and peoples, even Israel itself!-met in this very city to plot against your holy Son Jesus, the One you made Messiah,

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Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.

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"For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together

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"That is what has happened here in this 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.

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For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

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to carry out the plans you long ago set in motion.

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They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.

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to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.

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In fact, everything they did occurred according to your eternal will and plan.

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And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

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"And now they're at it again! Take care of their threats and give your servants fearless confidence in preaching your Message,

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Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.

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Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,

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And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give your servants great boldness in their preaching.

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By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

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as you stretch out your hand to us in healings and miracles and wonders done in the name of your holy servant Jesus."

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Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus."

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by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus."

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Send your healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus."

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And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

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While they were praying, the place where they were meeting trembled and shook. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak God's Word with fearless confidence.

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After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

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And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

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After this prayer, the building where they were meeting shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. And they preached God's message with boldness.

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And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

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The whole congregation of believers was united as one--one heart, one mind! They didn't even claim ownership of their own possessions. No one said, "That's mine; you can't have it." They shared everything.

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All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had.

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Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

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All the believers were of one heart and mind, and they felt that what they owned was not their own; they shared everything they had.

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And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

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The apostles gave powerful witness to the resurrection of the Master Jesus, and grace was on all of them.

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With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all.

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And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all.

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And the apostles gave powerful witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God's great favor was upon them all.

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Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

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And so it turned out that not a person among them was needy. Those who owned fields or houses sold them and brought the price of the sale

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There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales

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Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,

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There was no poverty among them, because people who owned land or houses sold them

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And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

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to the apostles and made an offering of it. The apostles then distributed it according to each person's need.

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and put it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need.

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and laid them at the apostles' feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need.

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and brought the money to the apostles to give to others in need.

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And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

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Joseph, called by the apostles "Barnabas" (which means "Son of Comfort"), a Levite born in Cyprus,

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Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means Son of Encouragement),

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And Joses, who was also named Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated Son of Encouragement), a Levite of the country of Cyprus,

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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.

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Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

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sold a field that he owned, brought the money, and made an offering of it to the apostles.

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sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles' feet.

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having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.

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He sold a field he owned and brought the money to the apostles for those in need.

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