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 4:1 ¶ AND while they spake these words to the people, the priests, and Zadukoyee, and the governors of the temple, arose against them,

 4:1 And while they were speaking these words to the people, the priests and the Sadducees and the rulers of the temple rose up against them;

 4:2 being angered against them because they taught the people, and preached through the Meshiha the resurrection from the dead.

 4:2 being angry with them, that they taught the people, and preached a resurrection from the dead by the Messiah.

 4:3 And they laid upon them hands, and kept them unto the day after, because the evening had drawn nigh.

 4:3 And they laid hands on them, and kept them until the next day; because evening was drawing near.

 4:4 And many who heard the word believed; and they were in number as five thousand men.

 4:4 And many who had heard the word, believed; and they were, in number, about five thousand men.

 4:5 And the day after, the rulers, and elders, and sophree, assembled,

 4:5 And the next day, the rulers and the Elders and the Scribes assembled;

 4:6 and also Hanan chief of the priests, and Kaiapha, and Juhanon, and Alexandros, and they who were of the race of the chief priests.

 4:6 and also Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and they who were of the kindred of the high priests.

 4:7 And when they had made them stand in the midst, they questioned them, By what power, or in what name, have you done this?

 4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they interrogated them: By what power or what name, have ye done this?

 4:8 Then Shemun Kipha was filled with the Spirit of Holiness, and said to them, Rulers of the people, and elders of the house of Israel, hear:

 4:8 Then Simon Cephas was filled with the Holy Spirit, and said to them: Ye rulers of the people, and Elders of the house of Israel, hear ye.

 4:9 If we this day are judged of you concerning the good which has been done to the infirm man, insomuch that he is cured;

 4:9 If we are judged by you this day, respecting the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he was healed;

 4:10 be this known to you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jeshu Meshiha Natsroya, whom you crucified, whom Aloha hath raised from among the dead, through this Himself, behold, this (man) standeth before you well.

 4:10 be it known to you, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Messiah the Nazarean, whom ye crucified, and whom God hath raised from the dead, lo, by him, doth this [man] stand here before you recovered.

 4:11 This is the stone which you builders rejected, and he is become the head of the corner.

 4:11 This is the stone, which ye builders rejected; and it hath become the head of the corner.

 4:12 And in no other one is redemption: for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind, by which we must be saved.

 4:12 Neither is there deliverance in any other; for there is not another name under heaven, which is given to men, whereby to live.

 4:13 And when they heard the words of Shemun and of Juhanon, which they had confidently spoken, they perceived that they knew not literature and were common-men, and wondered at them; and they recognised them, that with Jeshu they had been conversant.

 4:13 And when they heard the speech of Simon and John, which they pronounced confidently, they reflected that these were unlearned and plebeian men, and they were surprised at them, and recognized them as having been conversant with Jesus.

 4:14 And they saw that the lame man who had been healed was standing with them, and they could not say any thing against them.

 4:14 And they saw that the lame man, who had been healed, stood near them; and they could say nothing to confront them.

 4:15 Then they commanded that they should lead them from their assembly, and said one to another,

 4:15 Then they commanded to remove them from the presence of the council; and said one to another:

 4:16 What shall we do with these men? For, behold, a conspicuous sign which hath been done by their hands to all the inhabitants of Urishlem is known, and we cannot deny.

 4:16 What shall we do to these men? For lo, that a manifest sign hath been wrought by them, is known to all that reside at Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

 4:17 But that this report may not go forth more [widely], we will threaten them that again they shall not speak in This Name to any man.

 4:17 But that the fame of it spread no further, let us interdict their speaking any more to any man in this name.

 4:18 And they called them, and commanded them that not at all they should speak and teach in the name of Jeshu.

 4:18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak nor to teach at all in the name of Jesus.

 4:19 ¶ SHEMUN KIPHA and Juhanon answered and said to them, If it be right before Aloha that you we obey rather than Aloha, judge you.

 4:19 Simon Cephas and John answered, and said to them: Whether it be right before God, that we hearken to you more than to God, judge ye.

 4:20 For what we have seen and heard we cannot but speak.

 4:20 For we cannot but speak that which we have seen and heard.

 4:21 And they threatened them, and dismissed them; for they could not find cause to lay [a penalty] upon their head, because of the people; for every one glorified Aloha for that which had been done.

 4:21 And they threatened them, and dismissed them. For they found no ground for punishing them, because of the people: for every one praised God for what had been done;

 4:22 For a son of more than forty years was that man in whom had been wrought this sign of healing.

 4:22 for the man, on whom this sign of healing had been wrought, was more than forty years old.

 4:23 And when they were dismissed they came to their brethren, and made known to them whatever the priests and elders had said.

 4:23 And when they were dismissed, they went to their brethren, and told them all that the priests and Elders had said.

 4:24 And they, when they had heard, with one accord lifted up their voice unto Aloha, and said, Lord, thou art God who hast made heaven and earth and the seas, and all that is in them:

 4:24 And they, when they heard [it], unitedly lifted up their voice to God and said: Lord, thou art God, who hast made heaven, and earth, and seas, and every thing in them.

 4:25 And thou art he who hast spoken by the Spirit of Holiness in the mouth of David thy servant: Why rage the Heathen, And the peoples imagine vanity?

 4:25 And it is thou who hast said, by the Holy Spirit in the mouth of David thy servant: Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

 4:26 The kings and powers of the earth arise And counsel together against the Lord, And against his Meshiha.

 4:26 The kings of the earth and the potentates stood up, and they consulted together, against the Lord, and against his anointed.

 4:27 For verily they are assembled in this city against thy holy Son Jeshu, whom thou hast anointed, -Herodes and Pilatos with the Gentiles and the synagogue of Israel,-

 4:27 For, in reality, against thy holy Son Jesus whom thou hast anointed, Herod and Pilate, with the Gentiles and the congregation of Israel, have been combined together in this city,

 4:28 to work whatsoever thy hand and thy will have signified before should be done.

 4:28 to do whatever thy hand and thy pleasure previously marked out to be done.

 4:29 And now also, Lord, behold and see their threatenings, and give unto thy servants with boldness to preach thy word,

 4:29 And also now, Lord, behold and see their menaces: and grant to thy servants, that they may proclaim thy word boldly,

 4:30 while thy hand thou outstretchest unto healings and mighty works which they shall do in the name of thy holy Son Jeshu.

 4:30 while thou extendest thy hand for cures and prodigies, to be done in the name of thy holy Son Jesus.

 4:31 And as they prayed and supplicated, the place in which they were assembled was moved, and they were all filled with the Spirit of Holiness, and they spake with openness the word of Aloha.

 4:31 And when they had prayed and made supplications, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God boldly.

 4:32 ¶ BUT to the assembly of the men who believed there was one soul and one mind; and no man of them said of the goods which he possessed that they were his own, but all whatever they had was in common.

 4:32 And in the assembly of the persons that believed, there was one soul, and one mind: and no one of them said, of the property he possessed, that it was his own; but whatever was theirs, it was the community's.

 4:33 And with great power did those apostles testify concerning the resurrection of Jeshu Meshiha, and great grace was with all of them.

 4:33 And with great power, the legates testified to the resurrection of Jesus Messiah: and great grace was with them all.

 4:34 And no man of them had want; for they who possessed fields and houses sold [them], and brought the prices of whatever was sold

 4:34 And no one among them was destitute; for those who possessed lands or houses, sold, and brought the price of what was sold,

 4:35 and laid at the feet of the apostles, and there was given to each according to that which was needed.

 4:35 and placed [it] at the feet of the legates; and distribution was made to every one, as he had need.

 4:36 But Jauseph, who was entitled Bar Naba by the apostles, which is interpreted, A son of consolation, a Levoya from the Isle of Kypros,

 4:36 And Joseph, who by the legates was surnamed Barnabas, (which is interpreted Son of Consolation,) a Levite of the country of Cyprus,

 4:37 had a field, and he sold it, and brought its price and laid before the feet of the apostles.

 4:37 had a field: and he sold it, and brought the price of it, and laid [it] before the feet of the legates.