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Learn about the sources and coverage →While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests, the commander of the temple guard, and the Sadducees came up to them.
And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
Λαλούντων δὲ αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν λαόν, ἐπέστησαν αὐτοῖς οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ ὁ στρατηγὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ οἱ Σαδδουκαῖοι,
Lalountōn de autōn pros ton laon, epestēsan autois hoi hiereis kai ho stratēgos tou hierou kai hoi Saddoukaioi,
They were deeply upset that the apostles were teaching the people and announcing the resurrection of the dead in Jesus.
Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
διαπονούμενοι διὰ τὸ διδάσκειν αὐτοὺς τὸν λαόν, καὶ καταγγέλλειν ἐν τῷ Ἰησοῦ τὴν ἀνάστασιν τῶν νεκρῶν.
diaponoumenoi dia to didaskein autous ton laon, kai katangellein en tō Iēsou tēn anastasin tōn nekrōn.
They arrested the two men and held them until the following day, since evening had already come.
And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
Καὶ ἐπέβαλον αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας, καὶ ἔθεντο εἰς τήρησιν εἰς τὴν αὔριον∙ ἦν γὰρ ἑσπέρα ἤδη.
Kai epebalon autois tas cheiras, kai ethento eis tērēsin eis tēn aurion; ēn gar hespera ēdē.
But many who heard the message believed. The number of men who believed reached about five thousand.
Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Πολλοὶ δὲ τῶν ἀκουσάντων τὸν λόγον ἐπίστευσαν∙ καὶ ἐγενήθη ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν ἀνδρῶν ὡσεὶ χιλιάδες πέντε.
Polloi de tōn akousantōn ton logon episteusan; kai egenēthē ho arithmos tōn andrōn hōsei chiliades pente.
The next day, the rulers, elders, and teachers of the law assembled in Jerusalem.
¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν αὔριον συναχθῆναι αὐτῶν τοὺς ἄρχοντας καὶ πρεσβυτέρους καὶ γραμματεῖς εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ,
Egeneto de epi tēn aurion synachthēnai autōn tous archontas kai presbyterous kai grammateis eis Hierousalēm,
Annas the high priest was there, along with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the other members of the high-priestly family.
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.
καὶ Ἄνναν τὸν ἀρχιερέα, καὶ Καϊάφαν, καὶ Ἰωάννην, καὶ Ἀλέξανδρον, καὶ ὅσοι ἦσαν ἐκ γένους ἀρχιερατικοῦ.
kai Annan ton archierea, kai Kaiaphan, kai Iōannēn, kai Alexandron, kai hosoi ēsan ek genous archieratikou.
They brought Peter and John before them and demanded, “By what power or in whose name did you do this?”
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
Καὶ στήσαντες αὐτοὺς ἐν μέσῳ ἐπυνθάνοντο, Ἐν ποίᾳ δυνάμει ἢ ἐν ποίῳ ὀνόματι ἐποιήσατε τοῦτο ὑμεῖς;
Kai stēsantes autous en mesō epynthanonto, En poia dynamei ē en poiō onomati epoiēsate touto hymeis?
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, answered, “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
Τότε Πέτρος πλησθεὶς πνεύματος ἁγίου εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς, Ἄρχοντες τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ Ἰσραήλ,
Tote Petros plēstheis pneumatos hagiou eipen pros autous, Archontes tou laou kai presbyteroi tou Israēl,
if today we are being questioned about helping a man who could not walk, and about how he was made well,
If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
εἰ ἡμεῖς σήμερον ἀνακρινόμεθα ἐπὶ εὐεργεσίᾳ ἀνθρώπου ἀσθενοῦς, ἐν τίνι οὗτος σέσῳσται∙
ei hēmeis sēmeron anakrinometha epi euergesia anthrōpou asthenous, en tini houtos sesōstai;
then all of you—and all Israel—need to know this: it is in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth that this man stands before you healthy. You crucified Jesus, but God raised Him from the dead. It is through Him that this man is well.
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.
γνωστὸν ἔστω πᾶσιν ὑμῖν καὶ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ Ἰσραήλ, ὅτι ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου, ὃν ὑμεῖς ἐσταυρώσατε, ὃν ὁ θεὸς ἤγειρεν ἐκ νεκρῶν, ἐν τούτῳ οὗτος παρέστηκεν ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν ὑγιής.
gnōston estō pasin hymin kai panti tō laō Israēl, hoti en tō onomati Iēsou christou tou Nazōraiou, hon hymeis estaurōsate, hon ho theos ēgeiren ek nekrōn, en toutō houtos parestēken enōpion hymōn hygiēs.
Jesus is the stone you builders treated as worthless, but He has become the cornerstone.
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ λίθος ὁ ἐξουθενηθεὶς ὑφ’ ὑμῶν τῶν οἰκοδομούντων, ὁ γενόμενος εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας.
Houtos estin ho lithos ho exouthenētheis hyph’ hymōn tōn oikodomountōn, ho genomenos eis kephalēn gōnias.
No one else can save us. God has given humanity no other name through which we must be saved.”
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ἄλλῳ οὐδενὶ ἡ σωτηρία∙ οὔτε γὰρ ὄνομά ἐστιν ἕτερον τὸ δεδομένον ἐν ἀνθρώποις, ἐν ᾧ δεῖ σωθῆναι ἡμᾶς.
Kai ouk estin en allō oudeni hē sōtēria; oute gar onoma estin heteron to dedomenon en anthrōpois, en hō dei sōthēnai hēmas.
The council was amazed at how freely and fearlessly Peter and John spoke. They realized that these were ordinary men without formal schooling, and they recognized that the two had been with Jesus.
¶ 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.
Θεωροῦντες δὲ τὴν τοῦ Πέτρου παρρησίαν καὶ Ἰωάννου, καὶ καταλαβόμενοι ὅτι ἄνθρωποι ἀγράμματοί εἰσιν καὶ ἰδιῶται, ἐθαύμαζον, ἐπεγίνωσκόν τε αὐτοὺς ὅτι σὺν τῷ Ἰησοῦ ἦσαν.
Theōrountes de tēn tou Petrou parrēsian kai Iōannou, kai katalabomenoi hoti anthrōpoi agrammatoi eisin kai idiōtai, ethaumazon, epeginōskon te autous hoti syn tō Iēsou ēsan.
But the healed man was standing right beside them, and the council had no answer.
And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
Τὸν δὲ ἄνθρωπον βλέποντες σὺν αὐτοῖς ἑστῶτα τὸν τεθεραπευμένον, οὐδὲν εἶχον ἀντειπεῖν.
Ton de anthrōpon blepontes syn autois hestōta ton tetherapeumenon, ouden eichon anteipein.
They ordered Peter and John to step outside the council chamber so they could discuss the matter among themselves.
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
Κελεύσαντες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἔξω τοῦ συνεδρίου ἀπελθεῖν, συνέβαλλον πρὸς ἀλλήλους,
Keleusantes de autous exō tou synedriou apelthein, syneballon pros allēlous,
“What are we going to do with these men?” they asked. “Everyone in Jerusalem knows that a remarkable miraculous sign has happened through them. We cannot deny it.
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 can not deny it.
λέγοντες, Τί ποιήσομεν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τούτοις; Ὅτι μὲν γὰρ γνωστὸν σημεῖον γέγονεν δι’ αὐτῶν, πᾶσιν τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν Ἱερουσαλὴμ φανερόν, καὶ οὐ δυνάμεθα ἀρνήσασθαι.
legontes, Ti poiēsomen tois anthrōpois toutois? Hoti men gar gnōston sēmeion gegonen di’ autōn, pasin tois katoikousin Hierousalēm phaneron, kai ou dynametha arnēsasthai.
But we must keep this from spreading any further among the people. We will threaten them sternly and tell them never again to speak to anyone in this name.”
But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
Ἀλλ’ ἵνα μὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖον διανεμηθῇ εἰς τὸν λαόν, ἀπειλῇ ἀπειλησόμεθα αὐτοῖς μηκέτι λαλεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ μηδενὶ ἀνθρώπων.
All’ hina mē epi pleion dianemēthē eis ton laon, apeilē apeilēsometha autois mēketi lalein epi tō onomati toutō mēdeni anthrōpōn.
They called the two men back and ordered them to stop speaking or teaching in the name of Jesus altogether.
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
Καὶ καλέσαντες αὐτούς, παρήγγειλαν αὐτοῖς τὸ καθόλου μὴ φθέγγεσθαι μηδὲ διδάσκειν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Ἰησοῦ.
Kai kalesantes autous, parēngeilan autois to katholou mē phthengesthai mēde didaskein epi tō onomati tou Iēsou.
Peter and John replied, “You must judge whether God considers it right for us to listen to you instead of Him.
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.
Ὁ δὲ Πέτρος καὶ Ἰωάννης ἀποκριθέντες πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἶπον, Εἰ δίκαιόν ἐστιν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν ἀκούειν μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦ θεοῦ, κρίνατε.
Ho de Petros kai Iōannēs apokrithentes pros autous eipon, Ei dikaion estin enōpion tou theou hymōn akouein mallon ē tou theou, krinate.
As for us, we cannot keep quiet about the things we have seen and heard.”
For we can not but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Οὐ δυνάμεθα γὰρ ἡμεῖς, ἃ εἴδομεν καὶ ἠκούσαμεν, μὴ λαλεῖν.
Ou dynametha gar hēmeis, ha eidomen kai ēkousamen, mē lalein.
After threatening them again, the council released them. Because of the people, they could find no way to punish them: everyone was giving God glory for what had happened.
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.
Οἱ δὲ προσαπειλησάμενοι ἀπέλυσαν αὐτούς, μηδὲν εὑρίσκοντες τὸ πῶς κολάσονται αὐτούς, διὰ τὸν λαόν, ὅτι πάντες ἐδόξαζον τὸν θεὸν ἐπὶ τῷ γεγονότι.
Hoi de prosapeilēsamenoi apelysan autous, mēden heuriskontes to pōs kolasontai autous, dia ton laon, hoti pantes edoxazon ton theon epi tō gegonoti.
The man who had received this miraculous healing was over forty years old.
For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.
Ἐτῶν γὰρ ἦν πλειόνων τεσσαράκοντα ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐφ’ ὃν ἐγεγόνει τὸ σημεῖον τοῦτο τῆς ἰάσεως.
Etōn gar ēn pleionōn tessarakonta ho anthrōpos eph’ hon egegonei to sēmeion touto tēs iaseōs.
Once released, Peter and John returned to their companions and reported everything the chief priests and elders had said.
¶ And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
Ἀπολυθέντες δὲ ἦλθον πρὸς τοὺς ἰδίους, καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν ὅσα πρὸς αὐτοὺς οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι εἶπον.
Apolythentes de ēlthon pros tous idious, kai apēngeilan hosa pros autous hoi archiereis kai hoi presbyteroi eipon.
When the believers heard the report, they prayed together to God: “Master, You are the God who made heaven, earth, the sea, and everything in them.
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:
Οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἦραν φωνὴν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ εἶπον, Δέσποτα, σὺ ὁ θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς∙
Hoi de akousantes homothymadon ēran phōnēn pros ton theon, kai eipon, Despota, sy ho theos ho poiēsas ton ouranon kai tēn gēn kai tēn thalassan kai panta ta en autois;
You spoke through Your servant David when he said, ‘Why did the nations rage, and why did the peoples devise plans that would accomplish nothing?
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
ὁ διὰ στόματος Δαυὶδ παιδός σου εἰπών, Ἵνα τί ἐφρύαξαν ἔθνη, καὶ λαοὶ ἐμελέτησαν κενά;
ho dia stomatos Dauid paidos sou eipōn, Hina ti ephryaxan ethnē, kai laoi emeletēsan kena?
The earth’s kings took their stand, and its rulers joined together against the Lord and His Anointed One.’
The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
Παρέστησαν οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου, καὶ κατὰ τοῦ χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ∙
Parestēsan hoi basileis tēs gēs, kai hoi archontes synēchthēsan epi to auto kata tou kyriou, kai kata tou christou autou;
Indeed, Herod and Pontius Pilate joined with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel against Jesus, Your holy Servant, whom You anointed.
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,
συνήχθησαν γὰρ ἐπ’ ἀληθείας ἐπὶ τὸν ἅγιον παῖδά σου Ἰησοῦν, ὃν ἔχρισας, Ἡρῴδης τε καὶ Πόντιος Πιλάτος, σὺν ἔθνεσιν καὶ λαοῖς Ἰσραήλ,
synēchthēsan gar ep’ alētheias epi ton hagion paida sou Iēsoun, hon echrisas, Hērōdēs te kai Pontios Pilatos, syn ethnesin kai laois Israēl,
They carried out what Your power and purpose had determined beforehand would happen.
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
ποιῆσαι ὅσα ἡ χείρ σου καὶ ἡ βουλή σου προώρισεν γενέσθαι.
poiēsai hosa hē cheir sou kai hē boulē sou proōrisen genesthai.
Now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your message openly and fearlessly,
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
Καὶ τὰ νῦν, κύριε, ἔπιδε ἐπὶ τὰς ἀπειλὰς αὐτῶν, καὶ δὸς τοῖς δούλοις σου μετὰ παρρησίας πάσης λαλεῖν τὸν λόγον σου,
Kai ta nyn, kyrie, epide epi tas apeilas autōn, kai dos tois doulois sou meta parrēsias pasēs lalein ton logon sou,
as You reach out Your hand to heal, and miraculous signs and wonders take place in the name of Jesus, Your holy Servant.”
By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
ἐν τῷ τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐκτείνειν σε εἰς ἴασιν, καὶ σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα γίνεσθαι διὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ ἁγίου παιδός σου Ἰησοῦ.
en tō tēn cheira sou ekteinein se eis iasin, kai sēmeia kai terata ginesthai dia tou onomatos tou hagiou paidos sou Iēsou.
After their prayer, the place where they were gathered shook. Every one of them was filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke God’s message fearlessly.
¶ 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.
Καὶ δεηθέντων αὐτῶν ἐσαλεύθη ὁ τόπος ἐν ᾧ ἦσαν συνηγμένοι, καὶ ἐπλήσθησαν ἅπαντες πνεύματος ἁγίου, καὶ ἐλάλουν τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ μετὰ παρρησίας.
Kai deēthentōn autōn esaleuthē ho topos en hō ēsan synēgmenoi, kai eplēsthēsan hapantes pneumatos hagiou, kai elaloun ton logon tou theou meta parrēsias.
The whole community of believers was united in heart and soul. No one insisted that their possessions were theirs alone; instead, they shared everything they had.
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.
Τοῦ δὲ πλήθους τῶν πιστευσάντων ἦν ἡ καρδία καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ μία∙ καὶ οὐδὲ εἷς τι τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῶν ἔλεγεν ἴδιον εἶναι, ἀλλ’ ἦν αὐτοῖς ἅπαντα κοινά.
Tou de plēthous tōn pisteusantōn ēn hē kardia kai hē psychē mia; kai oude heis ti tōn hyparchontōn autōn elegen idion einai, all’ ēn autois hapanta koina.
The apostles gave powerful testimony that the Lord Jesus had risen, and abundant grace rested on the whole community.
And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Καὶ μεγάλῃ δυνάμει ἀπεδίδουν τὸ μαρτύριον οἱ ἀπόστολοι τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ, χάρις τε μεγάλη ἦν ἐπὶ πάντας αὐτούς.
Kai megalē dynamei apedidoun to martyrion hoi apostoloi tēs anastaseōs tou kyriou Iēsou, charis te megalē ēn epi pantas autous.
No one among them was left in need. Those who owned land or houses would sell them and bring the money from the sales,
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,
Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐνδεής τις ὑπῆρχεν ἐν αὐτοῖς∙ ὅσοι γὰρ κτήτορες χωρίων ἢ οἰκιῶν ὑπῆρχον, πωλοῦντες ἔφερον τὰς τιμὰς τῶν πιπρασκομένων,
Oude gar endeēs tis hypērchen en autois; hosoi gar ktētores chōriōn ē oikiōn hypērchon, pōlountes epheron tas timas tōn pipraskomenōn,
placing it at the apostles’ feet. It was then given out according to what each person needed.
And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
καὶ ἐτίθουν παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλων∙ διεδίδοτο δὲ ἑκάστῳ καθότι ἄν τις χρείαν εἶχεν.
kai etithoun para tous podas tōn apostolōn; diedidoto de hekastō kathoti an tis chreian eichen.
One of them was Joses, a Levite from Cyprus. The apostles called him Barnabas, which means Son of Encouragement.
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,
Ἰωσῆς δέ, ὁ ἐπικληθεὶς Βαρνάβας ἀπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων—ὅ ἐστιν, μεθερμηνευόμενον, υἱὸς παρακλήσεως— Λευΐτης, Κύπριος τῷ γένει,
Iōsēs de, ho epiklētheis Barnabas apo tōn apostolōn—ho estin, methermēneuomenon, huios paraklēseōs— Leuitēs, Kyprios tō genei,
He sold a field he owned and brought the money, placing it at the apostles’ feet.
Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
ὑπάρχοντος αὐτῷ ἀγροῦ, πωλήσας ἤνεγκεν τὸ χρῆμα, καὶ ἔθηκεν παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλων.
hyparchontos autō agrou, pōlēsas ēnenken to chrēma, kai ethēken para tous podas tōn apostolōn.