003:025 "You are the heirs of the Prophets, and of the Covenant which God
made with your forefathers when He said to Abraham, `And through
your posterity all the families of the world shall be blessed.'
003:026 It is to you first that God, after raising His Servant from
the grave, has sent Him to bless you, by causing every one
of you to turn from your wickedness."
004:001 While they were saying this to the people, the Priests,
the Commander of the Temple Guard, and the Sadducees
came upon them,
004:002 highly incensed at their teaching the people and proclaiming
in the case of Jesus the Resurrection from among the dead.
004:003 They arrested the two Apostles and lodged them in custody till
the next day; for it was already evening.
004:004 But many of those who had listened to their preaching believed;
and the number of the adult men had now grown to be about 5,000.
004:005 The next day a meeting was held in Jerusalem of their
Rulers, Elders, and Scribes,
004:006 with Annas the High Priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the
other members of the high-priestly family.
004:007 So they made the Apostles stand in the centre, and demanded
of them, "By what power or in what name have you done this?"
004:008 Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit, and he replied,
"Rulers and Elders of the people,
004:009 if we to-day are under examination concerning the benefit
conferred on a man helplessly lame, as to how this man
has been cured;
004:010 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel,
that through the name of Jesus the Anointed, the Nazarene,
whom *you* crucified, but whom *God* has raised from among
the dead--through that name this man stands here before you