Acts of the Apostles Chapter 4 Vs 1-22
1While they were still speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple guard, and the Sadducees* confronted them,2disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.a3They laid hands on them and put them in custody until the next day, since it was already evening.4But many of those who heard the word came to believe and (the) number of men grew to [about] five thousand.
Before the Sanhedrin.5On the next day, their leaders, elders, and scribes were assembled in Jerusalem,6with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly class.7They brought them into their presence and questioned them, "By what power or by what name have you done this?"8Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, answered them, "Leaders of the people and elders:b9If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a cripple, namely, by what means he was saved,10then all of you and all the people of Israel should know that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazorean whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead; in his name this man stands before you healed.11c He is 'the stone rejected by you,* the builders, which has become the cornerstone.'12* d There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved."
13Observing the boldness of Peter and John and perceiving them to be uneducated, ordinary men, they were amazed, and they recognized them as the companions of Jesus.14Then when they saw the man who had been cured standing there with them, they could say nothing in reply.15So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin, and conferred with one another, saying,16"What are we to do with these men? Everyone living in Jerusalem knows that a remarkable sign was done through them, and we cannot deny it.17But so that it may not be spread any further among the people, let us give them a stern warning never again to speak to anyone in this name."e
18So they called them back and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.19Peter and John, however, said to them in reply, "Whether it is right in the sight of God for us to obey you rather than God, you be the judges.f20It is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard."21After threatening them further, they released them, finding no way to punish them, on account of the people who were all praising God for what had happened.22For the man on whom this sign of healing had been done was over forty years old.