26TO YOU FIRST HAVING RAISED UP <THE> GOD THE SERVANT OF HIM JESUS SENT HIM BLESSING YOU IN <THE> TURNING AWAY EACH FROM THE WICKEDNESSES OF YOU. 26When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways. ”
1WHEN ARE SPEAKING NOW THEY TO THE PEOPLE CAME UPON THEM THE PRIESTS AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEMPLE AND THE SADDUCEES, Peter and John before the Sanhedrin 1While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
2BEING DISTRESSED BECAUSE OF <THE> TEACHING OF THEIRS TO THE PEOPLE AND [THEIR] PROCLAIMING IN <THE> JESUS THE RESURRECTION THAT OUT FROM [THE] DEAD; 2greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
3AND THEY LAID ON THEM THE HANDS AND PUT [THEM] IN CUSTODY UNTIL THE NEXT DAY; IT WAS FOR EVENING ALREADY. 3They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
4MANY HOWEVER OF THOSE HAVING HEARD THE WORD BELIEVED; AND BECAME THE NUMBER OF THE MEN ABOUT THOUSAND FIVE. 4But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
5IT CAME TO PASS THEN ON THE NEXT DAY ASSEMBLING THEIR <THE> RULERS AND <THE> ELDERS AND <THE> SCRIBES [6] IN JERUSALEM 5The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
6AND ANNAS THE HIGH PRIEST AND CAIAPHAS AND JOHN AND ALEXANDER AND AS MANY AS WERE OF DESCENT HIGH-PRIESTLY, 6along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.
7AND HAVING PLACED THEM IN THE MIDST THEY WERE INQUIRING; IN WHAT POWER OR IN WHAT NAME DID THIS YOU YOURSELVES? 7They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this? ”
8THEN PETER HAVING BEEN FILLED WITH [THE] SPIRIT HOLY SAID TO THEM; RULERS OF THE PEOPLE AND ELDERS <THE> OF ISRAEL 8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
9IF WE OURSELVES THIS DAY ARE BEING EXAMINED AS TO A GOOD WORK [TO THE] MAN AILING, BY WHAT [MEANS] HE HAS BEEN HEALED, 9If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,
10KNOWN IT SHOULD BE TO ALL YOU AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL THAT IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST <THE> OF NAZARETH WHOM YOU YOURSELVES CRUCIFIED, WHOM <THE> GOD RAISED OUT FROM [THE] DEAD, IN HIM THIS [MAN] HAS STOOD BEFORE YOU SOUND. 10then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
11THIS IS THE STONE WHICH HAVING BEEN REJECTED BY YOU THE BUILDERS, WHICH HAS BECOME INTO HEAD OF [THE] CORNER.’ 11This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone*NoteClosePsalm 118:22
12AND NOT THERE IS IN OTHER NO [ONE] THE SALVATION; NOT FOR NAME IS THERE ANOTHER UNDER <THE> HEAVEN WHICH GIVEN AMONG MEN BY WHICH IT BEHOOVES TO BE SAVED US. 12Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved. ”
13SEEING NOW THE <THE> OF PETER BOLDNESS AND OF JOHN AND HAVING GRASPED THAT MEN UNSCHOOLED THEY ARE AND ORDINARY, THEY WERE ASTONISHED, THEY WERE RECOGNIZING THEN THEM THAT WITH <THE> JESUS THEY WERE BEING, The Name Forbidden 13When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.
14<THE> AND THE MAN BEHOLDING WITH THEM ALREADY STANDING WHO HEALED, NO [THING] THEY HAD TO CONTRADICT. 14And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in response.
15HAVING COMMANDED HOWEVER THEM OUTSIDE THE COUNCIL TO GO, THEY WERE CONFERING WITH ONE ANOTHER 15So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin*NoteCloseOr the Council and then conferred together.
16SAYING; WHAT SHALL WE DO TO THE MEN THESE? FOR TRULY FOR A NOTEWORTHY SIGN HAS COME TO PASS THROUGH THEM TO ALL THOSE INHABITING JERUSALEM [IS] EVIDENT, AND NOT WE ARE ABLE TO DENY [IT]; 16“What shall we do with these men? ” they asked. It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.
17BUT THAT NOT ON FURTHER IT MAY SPREAD AMONG THE PEOPLE, THREATS LET US WARN THEM NO LONGER TO SPEAK IN <THE> NAME THIS TO NO MAN. 17But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name. ”
18AND HAVING CALLED THEM THEY COMMANDED THEM <THE> AT NOT TO SPEAK NOR TO TEACH IN THE NAME <THE> OF JESUS. 18Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
19<THE> BUT PETER AND JOHN ANSWERING SAID TO THEM; WHETHER RIGHT IT IS BEFORE <THE> GOD TO YOU TO LISTEN RATHER THAN <THE> GOD, YOU SHOULD JUDGE. 19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
20NOT WE ARE ABLE FOR WE OURSELVES WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AND WE HEARD NOT TO SPEAK. 20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard. ”
21<THE> AND HAVING FURTHER THREATENED [THEM] THEY LET GO THEM NOTHING FINDING THE HOW THEY MAY PUNISH THEM, ON ACCOUNT OF THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE ALL WERE GLORIFYING <THE> GOD FOR THAT HAVING HAPPENED. 21After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.
22OF YEARS FOR HE WAS MORE THAN FORTY - THE MAN ON WHOM HAD TAKEN PLACE <THE> SIGN THIS <THE> OF HEALING. 22For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
23HAVING BEEN LET GO NOW THEY CAME TO <THE> [THEIR] OWN AND REPORTED AS MUCH AS TO THEM THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE ELDERS HAD SAID. The Believers’ Prayer (Psalm 2:1–12) 23On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
24<THE> AND HAVING HEARD WITH ONE ACCORD THEY LIFTED UP [THEIR] VOICE TO <THE> GOD AND SAID; SOVEREIGN LORD, YOU YOURSELF <THE> GOD WHO MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA AND ALL THAT [IS] IN THEM, 24When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord, ” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
25WHO OF THE FATHER OF US THROUGH [THE] SPIRIT HOLY THROUGH [THE] MOUTH OF DAVID THE SERVANT OF YOU HAVING SPOKEN: SO WHY DID RAGE [THE] GENTILES AND PEOPLES DID DEVISE VAIN THINGS? 25You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant,*NoteCloseOr child; also in verses 27 and 30 our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
26TOOK [THEIR] STAND THE KINGS OF THE EARTH AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER <THE> THEMSELVES AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST THE CHRIST OF HIM.’ 26The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’*NoteCloseOr His Christ or His Messiah; Psalm 2:1–2
27WERE GATHERED TOGETHER FOR IN TRUTH IN THE CITY THIS AGAINST THE HOLY SERVANT OF YOU JESUS WHOM YOU ANOINTED, HEROD BOTH AND PONTIUS PILATE WITH [THE] GENTILES AND PEOPLES OF ISRAEL 27In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
28TO DO AS MUCH AS THE HAND OF YOU AND THE PURPOSE OF YOU DETERMINED BEFOREHAND TO HAPPEN. 28They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
29AND <THE> NOW, LORD, DO LOOK UPON THE THREATS OF THEM AND DO GRANT TO THE SERVANTS OF YOU WITH BOLDNESS ALL TO SPEAK THE WORD OF YOU 29And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,
30IN THAT THE HAND OF YOU STRETCHING OUT YOU FOR HEALING AND SIGNS AND WONDERS TO TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE NAME OF THE HOLY SERVANT OF YOU JESUS. 30as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus. ”
31AND WHEN WERE PRAYING THEY WAS SHAKEN THE PLACE IN WHICH THEY WERE ASSEMBLED, AND THEY WERE FILLED ALL WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WERE SPEAKING THE WORD <THE> OF GOD WITH BOLDNESS. 31After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
32<THE> AND THE MULTITUDE WHO HAVING BELIEVED WERE [IN] <THE> HEART AND <THE> SOUL ONE; AND NOT ONE ANYTHING OF THE POSSESSIONS TO HIM WAS CLAIMING [HIS] OWN TO BE, BUT WERE TO THEM ALL THINGS IN COMMON. Sharing among Believers (Acts 2:42–47) 32The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
33AND [WITH] POWER GREAT WERE GIVING <THE> TESTIMONY THE APOSTLES OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD JESUS GRACE THEN ABUNDANT WAS UPON ALL THEM. 33With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all.
34NOT EVEN FOR IN NEED ANYONE THERE WAS AMONG THEM; AS MANY AS FOR [WERE] OWNERS OF LANDS OR HOUSES WERE SELLING [THEM] THEY WERE BRINGING THE PROCEEDS OF WHAT IS SOLD 34There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property bring the proceeds from the sales,
35AND WERE LAYING [THEM] AT THE FEET OF THE APOSTLES, DISTRIBUTION WAS MADE THEN TO EACH JUST AS WOULD ANYONE NEED HAD. 35and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.
36JOSEPH NOW WHO HAVING BEEN CALLED BARNABAS BY THE APOSTLES WHICH IS BEING TRANSLATED SON OF ENCOURAGEMENT A LEVITE, A CYPRIOT AT THE BIRTH, 36Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas meaning Son of Encouragement),
37WHEN IS OWNING HE A FIELD, HAVING SOLD [IT] HE BROUGHT THE MONEY AND LAID [IT] AT THE FEET OF THE APOSTLES. 37sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.