Acts 4:1-4
Now
as They (Peter and John) SPOKE to The People, The Priests, The Captain of The
Temple, and The Sadducees came upon Them (Peter and John), being greatly
disturbed that They (Peter and John) TAUGHT The People and PREACHED in Jesus
(Jesus Christ), The Resurrection from The Dead.
And They laid hands on Them (Peter and John), and put Them (Peter and John) in custody
until the next day, for it was already evening.
However, Many of Those who HEARD The WORD, BELIEVED; and The Number of
The Men (Believers) came to be, about Five (5,000) Thousand.
Acts 4:15-21b
But when They had commanded Them (Peter and John) to
go aside out of The Council, They conferred among Themselves, saying, “What
shall we do to These Men (Peter and John)?
For, indeed, that a Notable Miracle has been done, through Them (Peter
and John), is evident to all
who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. But so that it
spreads NO further among The People, let us severely threaten Them (Peter and
John), that from now on They (Peter and John) speak to NO man in THIS NAME
(Jesus Christ).” So They called Them (Peter
and John) and commanded Them (Peter and John) NOT to SPEAK at all, NOR TEACH in
The Name of Jesus (Jesus Christ). But
Peter and John answered and said to Them, “Whether it is RIGHT, in The SIGHT of
GOD (GOD Almighty) to listen to YOU, more than to GOD (GOD Almighty), YOU
judge. For We (Peter and John) cannot,
BUT SPEAK, The Things, which We (Peter and John) have SEEN and HEARD.” So when They had further threatened Them (Peter
and John), They let Them (Peter and John) go, finding NO way of punishing Them
(Peter and John).
Acts 4:23-31
And being let go, They (Peter and John) went to Their (Peter
and John) Own Companions and
REPORTED all, that The Chief Priests and Elders had said to Them (Peter and
John). So when They (Jesus Christ’s
Disciples and Followers) HEARD that, They (Jesus Christ’s Disciples and
Followers) RAISED Their (Jesus Christ’s Disciples and Followers) Voice to GOD
(GOD Almighty) with One Accord and said: “LORD, YOU are GOD (GOD Almighty), who MADE Heaven and Earth and The Sea,
and All that is in Them (Heaven, Earth, and The Sea), who by The Mouth of Your
(GOD Almighty’s) Servant, David, have SAID: ‘Why did The Nations (Unbelievers) RAGE, and The People (Unbelievers) PLOT
Vain Things? The
Kings (Unbelievers) of The Earth took Their (The Kings of The Earth) Stand,
and The Rulers (Unbelievers) were gathered together,
AGAINST The LORD (GOD Almighty) and AGAINST His (GOD
Almighty’s) Christ (Jesus Christ).’
“For Truly AGAINST Your (GOD Almighty’s) Holy Servant,
Jesus (Jesus Christ), whom YOU (GOD Almighty) ANOINTED, both Herod and Pontius
Pilate, WITH The Gentiles (Unbelievers) AND The People (Unbelievers) of Israel,
were gathered together to do whatever Your (GOD Almighty’s) Hand and Your (GOD
Almighty’s) Purpose Determined BEFORE, to be DONE. Now, LORD (GOD Almighty), LOOK on Their
(Unbelievers) Threats, and GRANT to Your (GOD Almighty’s) Servants (Believers),
that with All BOLDNESS They (Believers) may SPEAK Your (GOD Almighty’s) WORD
(The Gospel of Jesus Christ), by STRETCHING OUT Your (GOD Almighty’s) Hand to
HEAL, and that SIGNS and WONDERS may be DONE, THROUGH The Name of Your (GOD
Almighty’s) Holy Servant, Jesus (Jesus Christ).” And when They (Jesus Christ’s Disciples and
Followers) had Prayed, The Place where They (Jesus Christ’s Disciples and
Followers) were assembled together was SHAKEN; and They (Jesus Christ’s
Disciples and Followers) were All FILLED with The Holy Spirit, and They (Jesus
Christ’s Disciples and Followers) SPOKE The WORD (The Gospel of Jesus Christ)
of GOD (GOD Almighty) with BOLDNESS.
Acts 5:17-21
Then The High Priest rose up, and all Those
(Unbelievers) who were with him
(which is The Sect of The Sadducees), and They (Unbelievers) were filled with
indignation, and laid Their (Unbelievers) Hands on The Apostles and put Them
(The Apostles) in The Common Prison. But
at night, an Angel of The LORD (GOD Almighty) OPENED The Prison Doors and BROUGHT
Them (The Apostles) OUT, and SAID, “GO, STAND in The Temple and SPEAK to The
People All The WORDS of THIS LIFE (The Gospel of Jesus Christ).” And when They (The Apostles) HEARD that, They (The Apostles) entered The Temple early in the morning
and TAUGHT. But The High Priest and
Those (The Sadducees) with him (The High Priest) came and called The Council
together, with all The Elders of The Children of Israel, and sent to The Prison
to have Them (The Apostles) brought.
Acts 5:25-32
So one came and told Them, saying, “Look, The Men (The
Apostles) whom YOU put in Prison are Standing in The Temple and TEACHING The
People!” Then The Captain went with
The Officers and brought Them (The Apostles), without violence, for They feared
The People, lest They should be stoned.
And when They had brought Them (The Apostles), They set Them (The Apostles) before The
Council. And The High Priest asked Them
(The Apostles), saying, “Did we NOT strictly command YOU (The Apostles) NOT to
TEACH in THIS NAME (Jesus Christ)? And
look, YOU (The Apostles) have FILLED Jerusalem with Your (The Apostles) Doctrine
(The Gospel of Jesus Christ), and intend to bring This Man’s (Jesus Christ’s)
Blood on us!” But Peter and The Other Apostles answered and said: “We
(The Apostles) ought to OBEY GOD (GOD Almighty), rather than Men. The GOD (GOD Almighty) of Our Fathers RAISED
UP Jesus (Jesus Christ), whom YOU Murdered by Hanging on a Tree (The
Cross). Him (Jesus Christ), GOD (GOD
Almighty) has EXALTED to His (GOD Almighty’s) Right Hand, to be Prince and Savior, to GIVE
Repentance to Israel and Forgiveness of sins.
And We (The Apostles) are His (Jesus Christ’s) Witnesses to THESE
THINGS, and so also is The Holy Spirit, whom GOD (GOD
Almighty) has GIVEN to Those (Believers) who OBEY Him (GOD Almighty).”
Acts
5:33-35a, 38-42
When They heard this,
They were furious and plotted to KILL Them (The Apostles). Then one in The Council stood up, a Pharisee,
named Gamaliel, a Teacher of The Law held in respect by all The People, and
commanded Them to put The Apostles outside for a little while. And he (Gamaliel) said to Them: “And now I
say to YOU, KEEP AWAY from These Men (The Apostles) and let Them (The Apostles)
ALONE; for if This Plan or This Work is of Men, it will come to nothing; BUT IF
it is of GOD (GOD Almighty), YOU can NOT overthrow it, lest YOU even be found,
to Fight AGAINST GOD (GOD Almighty).” And They agreed with him
(Gamaliel), and when They had called for The Apostles and BEATEN Them (The Apostles), They commanded
that They (The Apostles) should NOT SPEAK, in The Name of Jesus (Jesus Christ),
and let Them (The Apostles) go. So They
(The Apostles) DEPARTED from The Presence of The Council, REJOICING, that They
(The Apostles) were COUNTED WORTHY to Suffer Shame for His (Jesus Christ’s)
Name. And DAILY in The Temple, and in
EVERY House, They (The Apostles) did NOT Cease, TEACHING and PREACHING, Jesus as The Christ!
Fellow Believers, We now live in a Time whereby, once
again, People (Unbelievers) are trying to SILENCE Us (Believers). We (Believers) are being WARNED, to STOP
Teaching and Preaching, in The Name of Jesus Christ!
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