Acts 4:1–22

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4:1 Kefa and Yohan are threatened by the religious leaders

4 While Kefa (Peter; Grk. Petros) and Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes) were still talking to the people, the chief priests and a temple officer and some people from the Saddoukaios (Sadducee) sect approached them 2 because they were very upset about what they’d been teaching the people, including preaching that Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) could give life to the dead. 3 So they arrested the two, and as it was already evening, they put them in jail overnight. 4 Despite this, many people who’d heard their message trusted in Yeshua and the number of families who were believers grew to around 5,000.

5 Then the next day, the religious leaders and the elders and the religious teachers gathered together in Yerushalem (Jerusalem) 6 along with those descended from high priests, including Hanan (Annas; Grk. Hannas) the current high priest and Kayafa (Caiaphas; Grk. Kaiafas) and Yohan and Alexandros (Alexander). 7 After having Kefa and Yohan brought in and standing them in the middle, they began to ask, “Under what authority did you do this?”

8 Then Kefa, having been filled with the holy spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, 9 if we’re being questioned today about a good deed done to a man who couldn’t walk and which resulted in his healing, 10 then you all need to know, and the people of Yisrael (Israel) should also know, that it was done under the authority and name of Yeshua the messiah. He was the man from Nazaret that you executed on a pole, but who God brought back to life. It was because of his authority that this man can now stand before you without deformity. 11 This Yeshua is:

‘the stone which was rejected by you builders,

has now become the vital cornerstone.’[ref]

12 We can’t be saved by anyone else, because there’s no other name or authority that’s been given in the entire world under which people can be saved.

13 The assembled leaders were amazed when they saw the boldness of Kefa and Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes) who they knew to be illiterate, working-class men Then they recognised that they’d been with Yeshua, 14 but since the man who was no longer deformed was standing there with them, there was nothing that they could really accuse them of. 15 So they had them removed from the room, and they asked each other, 16 “What should we do with these fellows? By now everyone in Yerushalem (Jerusalem) has heard about the miracle they did, and we have no way to rebuff it. 17 However, we have to stop it spreading even further, so maybe we should ban them from speaking about this name to anyone.” 18 So they called them back in and decreed that they weren’t allowed to preach or teach under the name of Yeshua anymore.

19 But Kefa and Yohan answered, “You judge for yourselves whether it’s right in God’s eyes to listen to you rather than to him? 20 As for us, we’re not able to be silent about what we saw and heard.” 21 So after making some further threats, the leaders sent them off. They hadn’t been able to find anything to punish them for, because the people were all praising God for what had happened 22 and because the man who’d miraculously recovered was over forty years old.

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4 And of _them speaking to the people, the chief _priests, and the officer of _the temple, and the Saddoukaios_sect approached to _them,

2 being _thoroughly _disturbing because _of the thing them to _be _teaching to _the people, and to _be _proclaiming the resurrection in the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), which is from the_dead.

3 And they _laid_ their _on on _them hands, and they _put them in jail to the_ next _day, because/for it _was already evening.

4 But many the ones having _heard the message, believed and number of _the men was _become about five thousands.

5 And it _became on the_ next _day the rulers of _them, and the elders, and the scribes to _be _gathered _together in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim),

6 and Annas the chief _priest, and Kaiafas, and Yōannaʸs, and Alexandros, and as _many _as were of chief _priestly descent.

7 And having _stood them in the midst, they _were _inquiring:
In what power or in what name you _all did this?

8 Then Petros having _been _filled with_the_ holy _spirit, said to them:
Rulers of _the people and elders,

9 if we today are _being _examined on a_good _work to_the_ sick _man, by what this one has _been _healed,

10 it _let _be known to _all you _all and to _all the people of _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl), that in the name of_Yaʸsous chosen _one /messiah the from _Nazaret, whom you _all executed _on _a _stake, whom the god raised from the_dead, by this name this man has _stood _by before you _all healthy.

11 This one is the stone which having _been _scorned by you _all, the builders, which having _become to the_head of_the_corner.

12 And not _one the is not in other salvation, because/for there _is not another name under the heaven which having _been _given among people, by which it _is _fitting us to _be _saved.

13 And observing the boldness of_ the _Petros and of _Yōannaʸs, and having _grasped that they _are illiterate and ordinary men, they _were _marvelling, and they _were _recognizing them that they _were with the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa).

14 And seeing the man having _stood with them, the one having _been _healed, they _were _having nothing to _speak _against them.

15 But having _commanded them to _go _away outside the council, they _were _conferring with one _another

16 saying:
What we _may _do to_ the these _men?
For/Because indeed that has _become a_known sign through them, to _all the ones dwelling _in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim) is manifest, and we _are_ not _being _able to _be _disowning it.

17 But in _order _that may_ not _be _spread on more among the people, we _may _threaten to _them to_ no _longer _be _speaking in the this name to _no _one of_the_people.

18 And having _called them, they _commanded them not to _be _speaking nor to _be _teaching in the name of_ the _Yaʸsous at _all.

19 But the Petros and Yōannaʸs answering said to them:
Judge whether it _is right before the god, to _be _hearing from _you _all rather than the from_god.

20 For/Because we are_ not _being _able to _be_ not _speaking what we _saw and we _heard.

21 And they having _further _threatened them sent_ them _away, finding nothing which how they _may _punish them, because _of the people, because all were _glorifying the god for the thing having _become.

22 For/Because the man on whom this the sign of _the healing had _become was more years than forty.

4:11: Psa 118:22.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section ACTs 4:1

Kefa and Yohan are threatened by the religious leaders

Acts 4:1–22

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