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Acts 4 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:1 - And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sad'ducees came upon them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:2 - annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:3 - And they arrested them and put them in custody until the morrow, for it was already evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:4 - But many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to about five thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:5 - On the morrow their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:6 - with Annas the high priest and Ca'iaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:7 - And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:8 - Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:9 - if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a cripple, by what means this man has been healed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:10 - be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man is standing before you well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:11 - This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but which has become the head of the corner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:12 - And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

Threat and Release

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:13 - Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they wondered; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:14 - But seeing the man that had been healed standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:15 - But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred with one another,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:16 - saying, "What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is manifest to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:17 - But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to any one in this name."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:18 - So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:19 - But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:20 - for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:21 - And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for all men praised God for what had happened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:22 - For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.
(cf. Psa 2:1, 2 )

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:23 - When they were released they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:24 - And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, "Sovereign Lord, who didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - who by the mouth of our father David, thy servant, didst say by the Holy Spirit, 'Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples imagine vain things?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:26 - The kings of the earth set themselves in array, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed'--

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - for truly in this city there were gathered together against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:28 - to do whatever thy hand and thy plan had predestined to take place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:29 - And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:30 - while thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of thy holy servant Jesus."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:31 - And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.

Sharing among Believers

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:32 - Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:33 - And with great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:34 - There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of what was sold

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:35 - and laid it at the apostles' feet; and distribution was made to each as any had need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:36 - Thus Joseph who was surnamed by the apostles Barnabas (which means, Son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:37 - sold a field which belonged to him, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

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