21 When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) (A)on account of the people, because they were all (B)glorifying God for what had happened; 22 for the man on whom this [a]miracle of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.

23 When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported everything that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24 And when they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said, “[b]Lord, it is You who (C)made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them, 25 who (D)by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said,

(E)Why were the [c]nations insolent,
And the peoples plotting in vain?

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 4:22 Or sign
  2. Acts 4:24 Or Master
  3. Acts 4:25 Or Gentiles

21 After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people(A) were praising God(B) for what had happened. 22 For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.

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23 On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24 When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God.(C) “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.(D) 25 You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David:(E)

“‘Why do the nations rage
    and the peoples plot in vain?

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