1 While|strong="G2980" Peter|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G0846" were|strong="G2992" speaking|strong="G2980" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992", some|strong="G3588" Jewish leaders came|strong="G2186" up|strong="G2186" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846". There|strong="G1161" were|strong="G2992" some|strong="G3588" priests|strong="G2409", the|strong="G3588" captain|strong="G4755" of|strong="G2992" the|strong="G3588" soldiers that|strong="G0846" guarded the|strong="G3588" Temple|strong="G2413", and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G3588" Sadducees|strong="G4523".
2 They|strong="G0846" were|strong="G2992" upset because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1537" what|strong="G3588" Peter|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G0846" were|strong="G2992" teaching|strong="G1321" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992". By|strong="G1722" telling people|strong="G2992" about|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424", the|strong="G3588" apostles were|strong="G2992" teaching|strong="G1321" that|strong="G0846" people|strong="G2992" will|strong="G2532" rise|strong="G0386" from|strong="G1537" death|strong="G3498".
3 The|strong="G3588" Jewish leaders arrested Peter|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G5087" them|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1519" jail|strong="G5084". It|strong="G0846" was|strong="G1510" already|strong="G2235" night, so|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" kept|strong="G5087" them|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1519" jail|strong="G5084" until|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G0839" day|strong="G0839".
4 But|strong="G1161" many|strong="G4183" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G0435" who|strong="G3588" heard|strong="G0191" the|strong="G3588" apostles believed|strong="G4100" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3056". There|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1096" now|strong="G1161" about|strong="G5613" 5000 men|strong="G0435" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" group|strong="G0706" of|strong="G3056" believers|strong="G4100".
5 The|strong="G3588" next|strong="G0839" day|strong="G0839" the|strong="G3588" Jewish rulers|strong="G0758", the|strong="G3588" older|strong="G4245" Jewish leaders|strong="G0758", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" teachers of|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" law met|strong="G4863" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419".
6 Annas|strong="G0452" the|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest|strong="G0749", Caiaphas|strong="G2533", John|strong="G2491", and|strong="G2532" Alexander|strong="G0223" were|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1510". Everyone|strong="G3745" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" high|strong="G0749" priest’s|strong="G0749" family|strong="G1085" was|strong="G1510" there|strong="G1510".
7 They|strong="G0846" made|strong="G4160" Peter|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G0846" stand|strong="G2476" before|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G0846". They|strong="G0846" asked|strong="G4441" them|strong="G0846" over|strong="G1722" and|strong="G2532" over|strong="G1722", “How did|strong="G4160" you|strong="G5210" make|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778" crippled man|strong="G3778" well|strong="G2532"? What|strong="G4169" power|strong="G1411" did|strong="G4160" you|strong="G5210" use? By|strong="G1722" whose|strong="G0846" authority did|strong="G4160" you|strong="G5210" do|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778"?”
8 Then|strong="G2532" Peter|strong="G4074" was|strong="G4074" filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846", “Rulers|strong="G0758" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3004" older|strong="G4245" leaders|strong="G3004",
9 are|strong="G3778" you|strong="G1487" questioning us|strong="G1722" today|strong="G4594" about|strong="G1909" what|strong="G5101" we|strong="G2249" did|strong="G5101" to|strong="G1909" help this|strong="G3778" crippled man|strong="G0444"? Are|strong="G3778" you|strong="G1487" asking|strong="G0350" us|strong="G1722" what|strong="G5101" made|strong="G4982" him|strong="G1722" well|strong="G4982"?
10 We|strong="G3739" want all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992" of|strong="G1537" Israel|strong="G2474" to|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1110" that|strong="G3754" this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" was|strong="G1510" made well|strong="G2532" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" power of|strong="G1537" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" from|strong="G1537" Nazareth|strong="G3480". You|strong="G5210" nailed Jesus|strong="G2424" to|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1510" cross, but|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G1453" him|strong="G3739" from|strong="G1537" death|strong="G3498". This|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" was|strong="G1510" crippled, but|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" now|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532". He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" able to|strong="G2532" stand|strong="G3936" here|strong="G1510" before|strong="G1799" you|strong="G5210" because|strong="G3754" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" power of|strong="G1537" Jesus|strong="G2424"!
11 Jesus|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510"
12 Jesus|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" only|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3762" who|strong="G3739" can|strong="G1325" save|strong="G4982" people|strong="G0444". His|strong="G1325" name|strong="G3686" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3588" only|strong="G3756" power|strong="G5259" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" world that|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" been|strong="G1510" given|strong="G1325" to|strong="G2532" save|strong="G4982" anyone|strong="G3762". We|strong="G2249" must|strong="G1163" be|strong="G1510" saved|strong="G4982" through|strong="G1722" him|strong="G1325"!”
13 The|strong="G3588" Jewish leaders|strong="G3754" understood|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" had|strong="G2424" no special training or|strong="G2532" education. But|strong="G1161" they|strong="G0846" also|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G2334" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" afraid to|strong="G2532" speak. So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" leaders|strong="G3754" were|strong="G1510" amazed|strong="G2296". They|strong="G0846" also|strong="G2532" realized|strong="G1921" that|strong="G3754" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" had|strong="G2424" been|strong="G1510" with|strong="G4862" Jesus|strong="G2424".
14 They|strong="G0846" saw|strong="G0991" the|strong="G3588" crippled man|strong="G0444" standing|strong="G2476" there|strong="G0444" beside the|strong="G3588" apostles. They|strong="G0846" saw|strong="G0991" that|strong="G0846" he|strong="G0846" was|strong="G3588" healed|strong="G2323", so|strong="G5037" they|strong="G0846" could|strong="G2192" say|strong="G0483" nothing|strong="G3762" against|strong="G0483" the|strong="G3588" apostles.
15 The|strong="G3588" Jewish leaders told|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846" to|strong="G4314" leave|strong="G0565" the|strong="G3588" council|strong="G4892" meeting. Then|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" leaders talked to|strong="G4314" each|strong="G0240" other|strong="G1161" about|strong="G4314" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G0846" should do.
16 They|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", “What|strong="G5101" shall|strong="G0444" we|strong="G3778" do|strong="G4160" with|strong="G1223" these|strong="G3778" men|strong="G0444"? Everyone|strong="G3956" in|strong="G2730" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" knows about|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3956" miracle|strong="G4592" they|strong="G0846" did|strong="G4160" as|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" sign|strong="G4592" from|strong="G4592" God|strong="G0846". It’s too|strong="G2532" obvious|strong="G5318". We|strong="G3778" can’t|strong="G3756" say|strong="G3004" it|strong="G0846" didn’t|strong="G3756" happen|strong="G1096".
17 But|strong="G0235" we|strong="G3778" must|strong="G0235" make|strong="G3361" them|strong="G0846" afraid to|strong="G1519" talk to|strong="G1519" anyone|strong="G3367" again|strong="G3371" using that|strong="G2443" name|strong="G3686". Then|strong="G0846" this|strong="G3778" problem will|strong="G0444" not|strong="G3361" spread|strong="G1519" among|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992".”
18 So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Jewish leaders called|strong="G2564" Peter|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G0846" in|strong="G1909" again|strong="G2532". They|strong="G0846" told the|strong="G3588" apostles not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1909" say anything or|strong="G3366" to|strong="G1909" teach|strong="G1321" anything in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G3686" Jesus|strong="G2424".
19 But|strong="G1161" Peter|strong="G4074" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G2491" answered|strong="G0611" them|strong="G0846", “What|strong="G3588" do|strong="G2919" you|strong="G5210" think|strong="G2919" is|strong="G1510" right|strong="G1342"? What|strong="G3588" would|strong="G0846" God|strong="G2316" want? Should|strong="G2316" we|strong="G1487" obey|strong="G0191" you|strong="G5210" or|strong="G2228" God|strong="G2316"?
20 We|strong="G2249" cannot|strong="G3756" be|strong="G2532" quiet. We|strong="G2249" must tell|strong="G2980" people|strong="G0191" about|strong="G2980" what|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" seen|strong="G3708" and|strong="G2532" heard|strong="G0191".”
23 Peter|strong="G0846" and|strong="G2532" John|strong="G0846" left the|strong="G3588" meeting of|strong="G3004" Jewish leaders|strong="G3004" and|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" their|strong="G0846" own|strong="G2398" group. They|strong="G0846" told|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" group everything|strong="G3745" that|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" leading priests|strong="G0749" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" older|strong="G4245" Jewish leaders|strong="G3004" had|strong="G2064" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G0846".
24 When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" believers heard|strong="G0191" this|strong="G3588", they|strong="G0846" all|strong="G3956" prayed to|strong="G4314" God|strong="G2316" with|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3661" purpose|strong="G0846". They|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004", “Master|strong="G1203", you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" one|strong="G3661" who|strong="G3588" made|strong="G4160" the|strong="G3956" sky|strong="G3772", the|strong="G3956" earth|strong="G1093", the|strong="G3956" sea|strong="G2281", and|strong="G2532" everything|strong="G3956" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" world|strong="G1093".
25 Our|strong="G2532" ancestor|strong="G3962" David|strong="G1138" was|strong="G3588" your|strong="G2532" servant|strong="G3816". With|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3588" help of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" he|strong="G2532" wrote these|strong="G3588" words|strong="G4750":
26 ‘The|strong="G3588" kings|strong="G0935" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G3588" earth|strong="G1093" prepare themselves|strong="G0846" to|strong="G1909" fight,
27 That’s what|strong="G3739" actually|strong="G2532" happened|strong="G3588" when|strong="G2532" Herod|strong="G2264", Pontius|strong="G4194" Pilate|strong="G4091", the|strong="G3588" other|strong="G3739" nations|strong="G1484", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2992" of|strong="G1909" Israel|strong="G2474" all|strong="G3588" came|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863" against|strong="G1909" Jesus|strong="G2424" here|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem. He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3778" your|strong="G2532" holy|strong="G0040" Servant|strong="G3816", the|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" made to|strong="G1909" be|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" Messiah.
28 These|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" came|strong="G1096" together|strong="G2532" against Jesus|strong="G2532" made|strong="G4160" your|strong="G4160" plan|strong="G1012" happen|strong="G1096". It|strong="G4160" was|strong="G3588" done|strong="G4160" because of|strong="G5495" your|strong="G4160" power|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G4160" will|strong="G2532".
29 And|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568", Lord|strong="G2962", listen to|strong="G1909" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G0846" are|strong="G3956" saying|strong="G2980". They|strong="G0846" are|strong="G3956" trying to|strong="G1909" make|strong="G1325" us|strong="G1325" afraid. We|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3956" your|strong="G2962" servants|strong="G1401". Help us|strong="G1325" to|strong="G1909" say|strong="G2980" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" want us|strong="G1325" to|strong="G1909" say|strong="G2980" without|strong="G2532" fear.
30 Help|strong="G5495" us|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1096" brave by|strong="G1722" showing us|strong="G1519" your|strong="G2532" power|strong="G5495". Make sick people|strong="G3588" well|strong="G2532". Cause miraculous signs|strong="G4592" and|strong="G2532" wonders|strong="G5059" to|strong="G1519" happen|strong="G1096" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" authority|strong="G5495" of|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2424", your|strong="G2532" holy|strong="G0040" servant|strong="G3816".”
31 After|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" believers prayed|strong="G1189", the|strong="G3588" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G3739" they|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" meeting|strong="G4863" shook|strong="G4531". They|strong="G0846" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G0537" filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" continued to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" God’s|strong="G2316" message|strong="G3056" without|strong="G2532" fear.
32 The|strong="G3956" whole|strong="G3956" group|strong="G4128" of|strong="G1520" believers|strong="G4100" was|strong="G1510" united in|strong="G2532" their|strong="G0846" thinking and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" they|strong="G0846" wanted. None of|strong="G1520" them|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" they|strong="G0846" had|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" their|strong="G0846" own|strong="G2398". Instead|strong="G0235", they|strong="G0846" shared everything|strong="G3956".
33 With|strong="G1909" great|strong="G3173" power|strong="G1411" the|strong="G3956" apostles|strong="G0652" were|strong="G1510" making it|strong="G0846" known to|strong="G1909" everyone|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1510" raised from|strong="G2424" death. And|strong="G2532" God|strong="G0846" blessed all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" believers very|strong="G0846" much|strong="G3173".
34 None of|strong="G5100" them|strong="G0846" could say they|strong="G0846" needed anything|strong="G5100". Everyone|strong="G3745" who|strong="G3588" owned|strong="G5225" fields or|strong="G2228" houses|strong="G3614" sold|strong="G4453" them|strong="G0846". They|strong="G0846" brought|strong="G5342" the|strong="G3588" money|strong="G0846" they|strong="G0846" got
35 and|strong="G2532" gave it|strong="G5087" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652". Then|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G1538" was|strong="G3588" given whatever|strong="G0302" they|strong="G2532" needed|strong="G5532".
36 One|strong="G3739" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3588" believers was|strong="G1510" named Joseph|strong="G2501". The|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652" called|strong="G1941" him|strong="G3739" Barnabas|strong="G0921", a|strong="G1510" name that|strong="G3739" means|strong="G1510" “one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" encourages others|strong="G3588".” He|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" Levite|strong="G3019" born in|strong="G0575" Cyprus|strong="G2953".
37 Joseph sold|strong="G4453" a|strong="G5087" field|strong="G0068" he|strong="G2532" owned|strong="G5225". He|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G5342" the|strong="G3588" money|strong="G5536" and|strong="G2532" gave it|strong="G0846" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3588" apostles|strong="G0652".