1 While they were speaking
to the people, the priests,
the captain of the temple,
and the Sadduces came upon
them,
2 being displeas'd that
they taught the people, and
maintain'd the resurrection
from the dead in the person
of Jesus.
3 and they laid hands
on them, and put them in
prison, till the next day:
for it was now evening.
4 however, many who heard
Peter's discourse, believed,
to the number of about five
thousand people.
5 On the morrow, the rulers,
senators, and doctors of the
law, then at Jerusalem, assembled,
6 with Annas the high
priest, Caiphas, John, and
Alexander, and as many as
were of the pontifical family.
7 and having caused Peter and
John to appear, they asked,
by what influence, or by what
authority have you done this?
8 then Peter filled with the holy
spirit, said to them, Rulers
of the people, and senators
of Israel,
9 since we are
this day to be examined about
the cure of a cripple, and by
what means he was recovered;
be it known to you all,
10
and to all the people of Israel,
that by the name of Jesus
Christ the Nazarene, whom
ye crucified, whom God raised
from the dead, even by him
-- --
doth this man stand here before
you entirely recover'd.
11 this is the stone which was
rejected by you builders, but
is become the chief of the
angle.
12 salvation is not to be
had by any other: for there
is no other name under heaven
given to men whereby we
can be saved.
13 Now when they saw the boldness
of Peter and John, and
perceived that they were illiterate,
and of the lower rank
of men, they were surpriz'd;
but tho' they knew that they
had been Jesus's disciples,
14 yet
seeing the man who was cured
standing with them, they
could not tell what to reply.
15 having therefore order'd them
to withdraw from the council,
they conferred among
themselves,
16 saying, what shall
we do to these men? for that
indeed a notable miracle hath
been done by them is manifest
to all that dwell in Jerusalem,
and we cannot deny it.
17 but to prevent its spreading
any further among the people,
let us charge them with
threats not to speak for the
future to any man in that
name.
18 so they called them
in, and commanded them not
to speak or teach upon any
account, in the name of Jesus.
19 but Peter and John made
-- --
answer, do you yourselves
judge, whether it be right in
the sight of God, to obey
you rather than God.
20 for
we cannot avoid publishing
what we have seen and
heard.
21 so when they had further
threatned them, they let
them go, not finding it practicable
to punish them, because
of the people, who all
glorified God for that which
was done.
22 for the man who
was so miraculously cured,
was above forty years old.
23 As soon as they were discharg'd,
they went to their
brethren, and reported all
that the chief priests and senators
had said to them:
24 at
the relation of which they
unanimously lift up their voice
to God, and said, Lord, thou
art the God who hast made
the heaven, the earth, the
sea, and all that is therein:
25 who by the mouth of thy servant
David hast said note,
“why did the heathen rage,
and the people imagine
vain things?
26 the kings
of the earth stood up, and
the rulers were gathered
together against the Lord,
and against his Christ.”
27 for it was truly against thy
holy child Jesus, whom thou
hast anointed, that Herod and
Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles,
-- --
and the people of Israel,
united themselves in this city,
28 to effect what thy power and
thy wisdom pre-determined
to be done.
29 and now, Lord,
behold their threatnings: and
enable thy servants to deliver
thy word with freedom,
30 by displaying thine hand in
miraculous cures, and prodigies,
which by the name of thy
holy child Jesus shall be done.
31 When they had prayed,
the place where they were
assembled, trembled; they
were all filled with the holy
spirit, and they spake the
word of God with boldness.
32 Now the whole body of
believers were but one heart,
and one soul: no one look'd
upon what he possessed, as his
own, but every thing was
held in common.
33 Great was the power by
which the apostles attested
the resurrection of the Lord
Jesus: and they were all
greatly favoured by the
people.
34 for there was no
poor among them, because as
many as bad lands or houses,
sold them, and brought the
value,
35 which they laid down
at the apostles feet: and they
distributed it to every man as
his occasions required.
36 among
the rest one Joseph, who by
the apostles was surnamed
Barnabas (that is to say, the
-- --
son of consolation) a Levite,
and a native of Cyprus,
37 sold
an estate he had, and brought
the money, and laid it at
the apostles feet.
Mace [1729], THE NEW TESTAMENT IN Greek and English. Containing the ORIGINAL TEXT Corrected from the Authority of the most Authentic Manuscripts: AND A NEW VERSION Form'd agreeably to the Illustrations of the most Learned Commentators and Critics: WITH NOTES and VARIOUS READINGS, AND A Copious Alphabetical Index (Printed for J. ROBERTS [etc.], LONDON) [word count] [B11200].