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Acts 4:1-31 (AMP)

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¹ AND WHILE they were talking to the people, the high priests and the military commander of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, ² Being vexed and indignant through and through because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. ³ So they laid hands on them (arrested them) and put them in prison until the following day, for it was already evening. ⁴ But many of those who heard the message believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on Jesus as the Christ). And their number grew and came to about 5,000. ⁵ Then on the following day, their magistrates and elders and scribes were assembled in Jerusalem, ⁶ Including Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander and all others who belonged to the high priestly relationship. ⁷ And they set the men in their midst and repeatedly demanded, By what sort of power or by what kind of authority did you do this ? ⁸ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and members of the council (the Sanhedrin), ⁹ If we are being put on trial today and examined concerning a good deed done to benefit a feeble (helpless) cripple, by what means this man has been restored to health, ¹⁰ Let it be known and understood by all of you, and by the whole house of Israel, that in the name and through the power and authority of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Whom you crucified, Whom God raised from the dead, in Him and by means of Him this man is standing here before you well and sound in body. ¹¹ This is the Stone which was despised and rejected by you, the builders, but which has become the Head of the corner . ¹² And there is salvation in and through no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by and in which we must be saved. ¹³ Now when they saw the boldness and unfettered eloquence of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and untrained in the schools , they marveled; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus. ¹⁴ And since they saw the man who had been cured standing there beside them, they could not contradict the fact or say anything in opposition. ¹⁵ But having ordered to go aside out of the council , they conferred (debated) among themselves, ¹⁶ Saying, What are we to do with these men? For that an extraordinary miracle has been performed by (through) them is plain to all the residents of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. ¹⁷ But in order that it may not spread further among the people and the nation, let us warn and forbid them with a stern threat to speak any more to anyone in this name . ¹⁸ they summoned them and imperatively instructed them not to converse in any way or teach at all in or about the name of Jesus. ¹⁹ But Peter and John replied to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you and obey you rather than God, you must decide (judge). ²⁰ But we cannot help telling what we have seen and heard. ²¹ Then when had further threatened them, they let them go, not seeing how they could secure a conviction against them because of the people; for everybody was praising and glorifying God for what had occurred. ²² For the man on whom this sign (miracle) of healing was performed was more than forty years old. ²³ After they were permitted to go, returned to their own and told all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. ²⁴ And when they heard it, lifted their voices together with one united mind to God and said, O Sovereign Lord, You are He Who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that is in them, ²⁵ Who by the mouth of our forefather David, Your servant and child, said through the Holy Spirit, Why did the heathen (Gentiles) become wanton and insolent and rage, and the people imagine and study and plan vain (fruitless) things ? ²⁶ The kings of the earth took their stand in array and the rulers were assembled and combined together against the Lord and against His Anointed (Christ, the Messiah). ²⁷ For in this city there actually met and plotted together against Your holy Child and Servant Jesus, Whom You consecrated by anointing, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and peoples of Israel, ²⁸ To carry out all that Your hand and Your will and purpose had predestined (predetermined) should occur. ²⁹ And now, Lord, observe their threats and grant to Your bond servants to declare Your message fearlessly, ³⁰ While You stretch out Your hand to cure and to perform signs and wonders through the authority and by the power of the name of Your holy Child and Servant Jesus. ³¹ And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they continued to speak the Word of God with freedom and boldness and courage.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 11) Salvation / Eternal Life - Salvation is found no one else
(v. 12) Salvation / Eternal Life - Salvation is found no one else
(v. 18) Evangelism - Peter and John - Can not stop speaking about Jesus
(v. 19) Obedience - Peter / John - refusing to obey men, rather than God
(v. 19) Pleasing God - Please God rather than man
(v. 19) Evangelism - Peter and John - Can not stop speaking about Jesus
(v. 19) Courage - Peter / John - refusing to obey men, rather than God
(v. 20) Evangelism - Peter and John - Can not stop speaking about Jesus
(v. 20) Pleasing God - Please God rather than man
(v. 31) Prayer - Place was shaken after prayer

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 26) Did God put all rulers in power? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 2) Waking Dead - New Heart (2010-08-22)
(v. 4) Powerful Testimony (2015-02-27)
(v. 12) Knowing Jesus (part II) (2010-12-15)
(v. 12) Life to the Full - Personal Life of Peter (part 1) (2010-04-16)
(v. 13) Day 21 - Rejoice in Persecutions (2011-12-24)
(v. 13) Mission - Cannot Help Proclaiming (part I) (2010-12-07)
(v. 13) Life to the Full - Personal Life of Peter (part 1) (2010-04-16)
(v. 14) Day 21 - Rejoice in Persecutions (2011-12-24)
(v. 15) Day 21 - Rejoice in Persecutions (2011-12-24)
(v. 16) Day 21 - Rejoice in Persecutions (2011-12-24)
(v. 17) Day 21 - Rejoice in Persecutions (2011-12-24)
(v. 18) Day 21 - Rejoice in Persecutions (2011-12-24)
(v. 19) Day 21 - Rejoice in Persecutions (2011-12-24)
(v. 20) Day 21 - Rejoice in Persecutions (2011-12-24)
(v. 20) Mission - Cannot Help Proclaiming (part I) (2010-12-07)
(v. 20) Reporting (2015-04-10)
(v. 21) Day 21 - Rejoice in Persecutions (2011-12-24)
(v. 22) Day 21 - Rejoice in Persecutions (2011-12-24)
(v. 24) Teach Us To Pray - Unity with Others (2008-09-11)
(v. 24) Teach Us To Pray - Enemies and Opposition (2008-09-22)
(v. 25) Teach Us To Pray - Enemies and Opposition (2008-09-22)
(v. 26) Teach Us To Pray - Enemies and Opposition (2008-09-22)
(v. 27) Teach Us To Pray - Enemies and Opposition (2008-09-22)
(v. 28) Teach Us To Pray - Enemies and Opposition (2008-09-22)
(v. 29) Followup - Evangelism Boldness (2011-01-16)
(v. 29) Teach Us To Pray - Enemies and Opposition (2008-09-22)
(v. 30) Followup - Evangelism Boldness (2011-01-16)
(v. 31) Followup - Evangelism Boldness (2011-01-16)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 13) Devotional: Courage (2008-12-12)
(v. 13) Devotional: Inspirational Power (2008-12-12)
(v. 18) Devotional: Focus on your Purpose (2008-12-12)
(v. 19) Devotional: Focus on your Purpose (2008-12-12)
(v. 20) Devotional: Focus on your Purpose (2008-12-12)
(v. 27) Devotional: Persecution and Opposition (2008-12-12)
(v. 28) Devotional: Persecution and Opposition (2008-12-12)
(v. 29) Devotional: Focus on your Purpose (2008-12-12)
(v. 29) Devotional: Persecution and Opposition (2008-12-12)
(v. 30) Devotional: Focus on your Purpose (2008-12-12)
(v. 31) Devotional: Focus on your Purpose (2008-12-12)

Definition(s):
Alexander (Al-ex-and-er): one who assists men
Annas (Ann-ass): one who answers; humble
Herod (Her-od): son of a hero
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer
Pilate (Pie-lat): armed with a dart
Pontius (Pon-shus): marine; belonging to the sea
Sadducees (Sad-you-sees): followers of Sadoc, or Zadok
Caiaphas (Kye-a-fass):
So (Soh):