Acts 4:8-22

Moffatt(i) 8 Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers of the people and elders of Israel, 9 if we are being cross-examined to-day upon a benefit rendered to a cripple, upon how this man got better, 10 you and the people of Israel must all understand that he stands before you strong and well, thanks to the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead. 11 He is the stone despised by you builders, which has become head of the corner. 12 There is no salvation by anyone else, nor even a second Name under heaven appointed for us men and our salvation." 13 They were astonished to notice how outspoken Peter and John were, and to discover that they were uncultured persons and mere outsiders; they recognized them as having been companions of Jesus, 14 but as they saw the man who had been healed standing beside them, they could say nothing. 15 Ordering them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin, they proceeded to hold a consultation. 16 "What are we to do with these men?" they said. "It is plain to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem that a miracle has admittedly been worked by them. That we cannot deny. 17 However, to keep things from going any further with the people, we had better threaten them that they are not to tell anyone in future about this Name." 18 So they called the men in and ordered them not to speak or teach a single sentence about the Name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John replied, "Decide for yourselves whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God. 20 Certainly we cannot give up speaking of what we have seen and heard." 21 Then they threatened them still further and let them go; on account of the people they found themselves unable to find any means of punishing them, for everybody was glorifying God over what had happened 22 (the man on whom this miracle of healing had been performed, being more than forty years old).