Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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1 While Peter and John were still speaking to
the people, the Chief Priests, with the Officer in
charge at the Temple and the Sadducees, came
up to them,
2 much annoyed because they were teaching the
people, and because, through Jesus, they were preaching the
resurrection from the dead.
3 They arrested the Apostles and,
as it was already evening, had them placed in custody till the
next day.
4 Many, however, of those who had heard the Apostles'
Message became believers in Christ, the number of the men
alone amounting to about five thousand.
5 The next day, a meeting of the leading men, the Councillors,
and the Teachers of the Law was held in Jerusalem.
6 There
were present Annas the High Priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander,
and all who were of High-Priestly rank.
7 They had
Peter and John brought before them, and questioned them.
“By what power,” they asked, “or in whose name have
men like you done this thing?”
8 On this, Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, spoke as follows:
9 “Leaders of the people and Councillors, since we are on
our trial to-day for a kind act done to a helpless man, and
are asked in what way the man here before you has been
cured,
10 let me tell you all and all the people of Israel, that
it is by the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you
crucified and whom God raised from the dead—it is, I say,
by his Name that this man stands here before you lame no
longer.
11 Jesus is ‘the stone which, scorned by you the
builders, has yet become the corner stone.’ note
12 And Salvation
is in him alone; for there is no other Name in the whole
world, given to men, to which we must look for our Salvation.” note
13 When the Council saw how boldly Peter and John spoke, and
found that they were uneducated men of humble station, they
were surprised, and realized that they had been companions of
Jesus.
14 But, when they looked at the man who had been healed,
standing there with them, they had nothing to say.
15 So they
ordered them out of court, and then began consulting together.
16 “What are we to do to these men?” they asked one another.
“That a remarkable sign has been given through them is
obvious to every one living in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny
it.
17 But, to prevent this thing from spreading further among
the people, let us warn them not to speak in this Name any
more to any one whatever.”
18 So they called the Apostles in, and ordered them not to
speak or teach in the Name of Jesus.
19 But Peter and John
replied:
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“Whether it is right, in the sight of God, to listen to you
rather than to him—judge for yourselves,
20 for we cannot help
speaking of what we have seen and heard.”
21 However, after further warnings, the Council set them at
liberty, not seeing any safe way of punishing them, because
of the people, for they were all praising God for what had
occurred;
22 for the man who was the subject of this miraculous
cure was more than forty years old.
23 After they had been set at liberty, the Apostles went to their
friends and told them what the Chief Priests and the Councillors
had said to them.
24 All who heard their story, moved by a
common impulse, raised their voices to God in prayer:
“O Sovereign Lord, it is thou who hast
‘made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and
everything that is in them,’ and who, note
25 by the
lips of our ancestor, thy servant David, who
spoke under the influence of the Holy Spirit,
hast said—
‘Why did the nations rage,
And the peoples form vain designs?
26
The kings of the earth set their array,
And its rulers gathered together,
Against the Lord and against his Christ.’ note
27 There have indeed gathered together in this
city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom
thou hast consecrated the Christ, not Herod
and Pontius Pilate only, but the nations and
28 the people of Israel besides—yet only to do
what thou, by thy power and of thy own will,
didst long ago destine to be done.
29 Now,
therefore, O Lord, mark their threats, and
enable thy servants, with all fearlessness, to
tell thy Message,
30 while thou stretchest out
thy hand to heal, and causest signs and wonders
to take place through the Name of thy
holy Servant Jesus.”
31 When their prayer was ended, the place in which they were
assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the
Holy Spirit, and began to tell God's Message fearlessly.
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32 The whole body of those who had become
believers in Christ were of one heart and mind.
Not one of them claimed any of his goods as his
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own, but everything was held for the common use.
33 The
Apostles continued with great power to bear their testimony
to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God's blessing
rested upon them all abundantly.
34 Nor was there any one
in need among them, for all who were owners of land or
houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the sales and
laid them at the Apostles' feet;
35 and then every one received
a share in proportion to his wants. ⪆⪆
36 A Levite of
Cyprian birth, named Joseph, (who had received from the
Apostles the additional name of ‘Barnabas’—which means
‘The Consoler,’) sold a farm that belonged to him,
37 and brought
the money and laid it at the Apostles' feet.
Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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