IV. And while they were speaking to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 2being indignant because they taught the people, and announced in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3And they laid hands on them, and put them in prison unto the morrow; for it was now evening.
4But many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men became about five thousand.
5And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, 6and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together unto Jerusalem. 7And having set them in the midst, they asked: By what power, or by what name, did ye do this?
8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel; 9if we are this day examined in respect to a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this person has been made whole; 10be it known to you all, 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, by him does this man stand here before you whole. 11He is the stone that was set at naught by you the builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12And there is salvation in no other; for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, in which we must be saved.
13And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlearned and obscure men, they wondered; and they recognized them, that they were with Jesus. 14And beholding the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against it. 15But having commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, 16saying: What shall we do to these men? For that a notorious miracle has been done by them is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny it. 17But that it spread no further among the people, let us strictly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. 18And having called them, they commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach, in the name of Jesus.
19But Peter and John answering said to them: Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye. 20For we can not but speak the things which we saw and heard.
21And they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way to punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for that which was done; 22for the man was above forty years old, on whom this sign of the healing had been wrought.
23And being dismissed, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders said to them. 24And they, hearing it, lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said: Lord, thou art he who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things in them; 25who by the mouth of thy servant David said:
Why did the heathen rage[25],
And the peoples imagine vain things?