Bishops(i)
8 Then Peter, full of the holy ghost, sayde vnto them: Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel
9 If we this day be examined of the good deede done to the sicke man, by what meanes he is made whole
10 Be it knowen vnto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Iesus Christe of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raysed agayne from the dead: euen by hym doth this man stande here before you whole
11 This is the stone which was cast asyde of you buylders, which is the head of the corner
12 Neither is there saluation in any other. For among men vnder heauen, there is geuen none other name, wherin we must be saued
13 Nowe when they sawe the boldnesse of Peter and Iohn, and vnderstoode that they were vnlearned and lay men, they marueyled, and they knewe them that they had ben with Iesu
14 And beholdyng also the man which was healed, standyng with them, they coulde not say agaynst it
15 But commaundyng them to go asyde out of the counsel, and counseled among them selues
16 Saying: What shall we do to these men? For a manifest signe is done by them, and is openly knowen to all them that dwell in Hierusalem, and we can not denie it
17 But that it be noysed no farther among the people, let vs threaten and charge them that they speake hencefoorth to no man in this name
18 And they called them, and commaunded them, that in no wyse they shoulde speake, nor teache in the name of Iesu
19 But Peter and Iohn aunswered, and sayde vnto them: Whether it be ryght in the syght of God, to hearken vnto you more then to God, iudge ye
20 For we cannot but speake that, which we haue seene and hearde
21 So threatned they them, and let them go, and founde nothyng how to punishe them, because of the people: For all men praysed God, because of that which was done
22 For the man was about fourtie yere olde, on whom this miracle of healyng was shewed