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Text -- Acts 4:1-26 (NET)
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The Arrest and Trial of Peter and John
4:1 While Peter and John were speaking to the people , the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them ,
4:2 angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead .
4:3 So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day (for it was already evening ).
4:4 But many of those who had listened to the message believed , and the number of the men came to about five thousand .
4:5 On the next day , their rulers , elders , and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem .
4:6 Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas , John , Alexander , and others who were members of the high priest’s family .
4:7 After making Peter and John stand in their midst , they began to inquire , “By what power or by what name did you do this ?”
4:8 Then Peter , filled with the Holy Spirit , replied , “Rulers of the people and elders ,
4:9 if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man – by what means this man was healed –
4:10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified , whom God raised from the dead , this man stands before you healthy .
4:11 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you , the builders , that has become the cornerstone .
4:12 And there is salvation in no one else , for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved .”
4:13 When they saw the boldness of Peter and John , and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men , they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus .
4:14 And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them , they had nothing to say against this.
4:15 But when they had ordered them to go outside the council , they began to confer with one another ,
4:16 saying , “What should we do with these men ? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them , and we cannot cannot deny it.
4:17 But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people , let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name .”
4:18 And they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus .
4:19 But Peter and John replied , “Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God , you decide ,
4:20 for it is impossible impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard .”
4:21 After threatening them further , they released them , for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people , because they were all praising God for what had happened .
4:22 For the man , on whom this miraculous sign of healing had been performed , was over forty years old.
The Followers of Jesus Pray for Boldness
4:23 When they were released , Peter and John went to their fellow believers and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them .
4:24 When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said , “Master of all, you who made the heaven , the earth , the sea , and everything that is in them ,
4:25 who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather , ‘Why do the nations rage , and the peoples plot foolish things ?
4:26 The kings of the earth stood together , and the rulers assembled together , against the Lord and against his Christ .’
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE |
Peter |
Caiaphas |
Sanhedrim |
COURTS, JUDICIAL |
John |
Government |
Persecution |
Priest |
Court |
Intolerance |
Zeal |
Minister |
Sadducees |
Courage |
Defense |
SANHEDRIN |
MIRACLE |
Alexander |
Jesus, The Christ |
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NET Notes -> Act 4:1; Act 4:1; Act 4:1; Act 4:1; Act 4:1; Act 4:1; Act 4:2; Act 4:2; Act 4:3; Act 4:3; Act 4:3; Act 4:4; Act 4:4; Act 4:4; Act 4:5; Act 4:5; Act 4:5; Act 4:5; Act 4:5; Act 4:6; Act 4:7; Act 4:7; Act 4:7; Act 4:8; Act 4:8; Act 4:8; Act 4:9; Act 4:9; Act 4:9; Act 4:9; Act 4:10; Act 4:11; Act 4:11; Act 4:11; Act 4:12; Act 4:12; Act 4:13; Act 4:13; Act 4:13; Act 4:13; Act 4:14; Act 4:15; Act 4:16; Act 4:16; Act 4:16; Act 4:17; Act 4:18; Act 4:18; Act 4:19; Act 4:19; Act 4:20; Act 4:21; Act 4:22; Act 4:22; Act 4:23; Act 4:23; Act 4:24; Act 4:24; Act 4:24; Act 4:24; Act 4:25; Act 4:25; Act 4:25; Act 4:25; Act 4:25; Act 4:26; Act 4:26; Act 4:26; Act 4:26
NET Notes: Act 4:1 Or “approached.” This verb often denotes a sudden appearing (BDAG 418 s.v. ἐφίστημι 1).
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NET Notes: Act 4:4 In the historical setting it is likely that only men are referred to here. The Greek term ἀνήρ (anhr) usually refers to males or...
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NET Notes: Act 4:5 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: Act 4:6 The high priest’s family. This family controlled the high priesthood as far back as a.d. 6. Annas, Caiaphas, and Alexander were all high priests...
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NET Notes: Act 4:7 By what name. The issue of the “name” comes up again here. This question, meaning “by whose authority,” surfaces an old disput...
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NET Notes: Act 4:8 The Western and Byzantine texts, as well as one or two Alexandrian witnesses, read τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ (t...
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NET Notes: Act 4:10 Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.̶...
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NET Notes: Act 4:11 A quotation from Ps 118:22 which combines the theme of rejection with the theme of God’s vindication/exaltation.
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NET Notes: Act 4:12 Must be saved. The term used here (δεῖ, dei, “it is necessary”) reflects the necessity set up by God’s directive pla...
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NET Notes: Act 4:15 Or “the Sanhedrin” (the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).
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NET Notes: Act 4:18 In the name of Jesus. Once again, the “name” reflects the person. The person of Jesus and his authority is the “troubling” top...
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NET Notes: Act 4:19 Grk “hear,” but the idea of “hear and obey” or simply “obey” is frequently contained in the Greek verb ἀ_...
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NET Notes: Act 4:20 Grk “for we are not able not to speak about what we have seen and heard,” but the double negative, which cancels out in English, is emphat...
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NET Notes: Act 4:23 Grk “to their own [people].” In context this phrase is most likely a reference to other believers rather than simply their own families an...
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NET Notes: Act 4:24 Grk “and the earth, and the sea,” but καί (kai) has not been translated before “the earth” and “the sea...
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