⁵ The next day the rulers,^(A) the elders and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem. ⁶ Annas the high priest was there, and so were Caiaphas,^(B) John, Alexander and others of the high priest’s family. ⁷ They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

⁸ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit,^(C) said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people!^{(D) 9} If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame^(E) and are being asked how he was healed, ¹⁰ then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,^(F) whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead,^(G) that this man stands before you healed. ¹¹ Jesus is

¹² Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”^(I)

¹³ When they saw the courage of Peter and John^(J) and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men,^(K) they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.^{(L) 14} But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say. ¹⁵ So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin^(M) and then conferred together. ¹⁶ “What are we going to do with these men?”^(N) they asked. “Everyone living in Jerusalem knows they have performed a notable sign,^(O) and we cannot deny it. ¹⁷ But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them to speak no longer to anyone in this name.”

¹⁸ Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.^{(P) 19} But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him?^(Q) You be the judges! ²⁰ As for us, we cannot help speaking^(R) about what we have seen and heard.”^(S)

²¹ After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people^(T) were praising God^(U) for what had happened.