Acts 4

Acts 4:1

• While Peter and John
• And as they
• Peter and John
• As they
• Now as they

• were speaking to the
• were still speaking to the
• were talking to the
• spoke to the

• people, the
• people. The
• people when some
• people, when some

• priests, the
• priests and the
• priests, and the

• captain of the
• commander of the
• officer in charge of the

• temple, and the
• temple and the
• temple guard and the
• temple guard, and the

• Sadducees

• came to
• came up to
• came upon
• confronted

• them,
• them.

Acts 4:2

• greatly annoyed because
• much annoyed because

• they were teaching the

• people, and
• people and

• proclaiming in
• announcing in
• proclaimed in

• Jesus the

• resurrection from the
• resurrection of the

• dead—
• dead.

Acts 4:3

• They
• So they
• and they
• And they

• laid hands on
• arrested
• seized

• them and
• them, and

• put them in

• custody until the
• jail until the
• prison until the

• next day, since
• next day, for
• morrow: for
• morrow, for
• next day, because
• next day because

• it was

• already
• now

• evening.
• evening.)
• evening).

Acts 4:4

• But many of those who had heard the
• But many of those who heard the
• But many who heard the

• message
• word

• believed; and the number grew to about five thousand.

Acts 4:5

• The next
• On the next

• day the
• morning the
• morning, the
• day,

• rulers,
• rulers and
• rulers, the
• Jewish rulers, the

• elders and
• elders, and
• elders, and the
• elders and the

• teachers of the
• scribes

• law
• Law
• were

• met in
• assembled in
• came together in
• gathered in

• Jerusalem.
• Jerusalem;
• Jerusalem
• Jerusalem,

Acts 4:6

• Annas the
• with Annas the
• along with Annas the
• There were present Annas the
• and Annas the

• High
• high

• priest
• priest,
• Priest,
• priest, and
• priest and

• Caiaphas,
• Caiaphas and

• John,
• John, and
• John and
• Jonathan,

• Alexander, and all who
• Alexander and all the
• Alexander, and all the

• were of the
• members of the
• were of

• High-Priestly
• high-priestly

• family.

Acts 4:7

• They
• And when they

• had

• set
• stood

• them in the midst, they

• asked, “By what
• inquired, “By what
• began to inquire, “By what

• power or by what
• power or in what
• power, or in what
• power, or in whose
• power or in whose

• name,
• name

• did
• have

• you

• done this?’
• done this?”
• do this?”

Acts 4:8

• Then,
• Then

• Peter
• Peter,

• filled with the
• was filled with the

• holy
• Holy

• Spirit.
• Spirit,
• Spirit and

• said to them, “
• answered, “
• answered, ‘

• Rulers of the
• Leaders of the

• people, and
• people and

• elders,
• elders!
• elders:
• elders of Israel:
• elders of Israel,

Acts 4:9

• if we
• If we

• are being
• are

• examined today concerning a good deed done to a

• sick
• crippled

• man, by what
• man—by what

• means this
• means

• man has been

• healed,
• healed.
• healed?
• healed—
• made well,
• made well.

Acts 4:10

• [Translation pending]

Acts 4:11

• Jesus
• This Jesus
• He

• is ‘the
• is the
• is the ‘

• stone which,
• stone which
• stone that
• stone

• was rejected by
• rejected by

• you the
• you, the
• you

• builders, which
• builders, that
• builders rejected, which
• builders, rejected but which
• builders rejected, but which

• has become the

• cornerstone.
• cornerstone.’
• cornerstone!
• head of the corner.
• head of the corner.’
• chief cornerstone.
• chief cornerstone.’

Acts 4:12

• [Translation pending]

Acts 4:13

• When they
• Now when they
• Now as they

• saw the
• observed the

• boldness of Peter and

• John, and
• John and
• John

• realized that
• perceived that
• understood that

• they were

• uneducated and
• uneducated,

• ordinary
• untrained
• common

• men, they were

• astonished and
• astonished. And
• astonished, and
• amazed, and
• amazed and

• recognized
• recognized that

• they had been with

• Jesus;
• Jesus.

Acts 4:14

• And since they saw the
• When they saw the
• And because they saw the
• But seeing the
• And when they saw the
• But since they could see the
• And seeing the

• man who
• man

• had been
• was

• healed,
• healed
• cured

• standing with
• standing there with
• standing beside

• them,
• them.

• they had nothing to say in opposition.

Acts 4:15

• So they ordered
• But when they had commanded
• But when they had ordered
• The Jewish leaders told
• They ordered

• them to
• Peter and John to

• leave the
• go aside out of the
• go outside the

• council
• Council,
• council,
• Sanhedrin,
• court, and

• they
• then

• began to
• discussed the

• confer with one another,
• matter with one another,
• matter with one another.

Acts 4:16

• They

• said, “What
• said, ‘What

• shall
• should

• we
• we to

• do with these
• do to these
• going to do with these

• men?
• men?” they

• Everyone living in
• Everyone in

• Jerusalem knows they have

• performed a
• done an

• notable
• outstanding

• miracle, and
• miracle.
• miracle!

• we
• We

• can
• ca

• not
• n’t

• say it did

• n’t
• not

• happen.

Acts 4:17

• But to keep this
• But to keep
• But in order that

• it from
• matter from

• spreading any
• spreading

• further among the people, we must warn them to speak no more to anyone in this

• name.”
• name.’
• name.

Acts 4:18

• So they
• They
• And they
• Then they

• called
• called the

• them and
• them, and
• them in and
• them back and
• apostles back in and

• ordered
• commanded
• charged
• told

• them not to

• speak or
• speak at all nor
• speak or to

• teach at all in the
• teach, in the
• teach in the

• name of

• Jesus.
• Jesus,

Acts 4:19

• But Peter and
• Peter and

• John

• answered
• answered and said to
• replied: “Whether
• replied, “Whether
• replied, “Judge for

• them, “Whether it
• it

• is

• right, in the
• right in the

• sight of

• God, to
• God to

• obey
• listen to

• you

• rather than to
• rather than

• God!
• God.
• God?
• him.
• him—
• him?

Acts 4:20

• for we
• For we
• As for us, we

• must
• cannot but

• speak about what we have seen and

• heard.’
• heard.
• heard.”

Acts 4:21

• After threatening them further, they

• let
• released

• them
• them,

• go, finding no
• finding no

• way to punish

• them, on
• them on

• account of the people

• were all
• were

• praising
• giving glory to

• God for what
• God for that which

• had
• was

• happened,
• happened.
• happened;
• been done.
• been done;
• done.

Acts 4:22

• For the man, on whom this
• For the man on whom this
• The man on whom this

• sign of
• miracle of

• healing

• had been
• was

• performed
• done

• was more than forty years old.

Acts 4:23

• After they
• When they
• As soon as they
• As soon as Peter and John

• were
• had been

• released,
• released
• set free,

• they
• Peter and John

• went to
• went
• went back to
• came to

• their
• back to their

• friends and
• own people and
• own company, and
• own companions and

• reported all that the
• reported what the

• chief

• priests and the
• priests and

• elders
• leaders

• had said to

• them,
• them.

Acts 4:24

• When they
• And when they
• When the believers

• heard this, they

• raised
• lifted
• lifted up

• their

• voices to
• voice to

• God with one

• accord, and
• accord and

• said, “Master,

• you
• you who

• made the
• made

• heaven and the
• heaven and
• heaven, the
• sky, the
• heavens, the

• earth and the
• earth, and the
• earth, the
• earth and

• sea, and everything that is in

• them,’
• them,
• them!
• them.
• them;
• them—

Acts 4:25

• you
• You

• said through the
• said by the

• holy
• Holy

• Spirit by the
• spirit, by the
• Spirit, by the
• Spirit through the

• mouth of our

• ancestor
• father

• David
• David,

• your
• Your

• servant: ‘Why
• servant: Why
• servant, ‘Why

• did the
• do the

• nations
• Gentiles

• rage, and the
• rage and the
• rage, And the
• so angry? Why

• peoples
• people
• peoples plot

• foolish things?

Acts 4:26

• The kings of the
• ‘The kings of the

• earth

• took
• take
• stood
• set

• their stand, and the
• their stand, And the
• their stand and the
• themselves, and the

• rulers
• princes

• gathered
• assembled
• were gathered
• met
• gather

• together, Against the
• together against the
• together Against the
• together, against the

• Lord and against
• Lord, and against
• Lord and

• his
• His

• Christ.”
• Christ.’
• Christ.
• Messiah.’
• Messiah.
• Messiah.”
• Anointed’—
• Anointed.
• anointed.’
• Anointed King.’
• Anointed King.

Acts 4:27

• For truly in this
• for truly in this

• city there were gathered together against

• your
• Your

• holy

• servant,
• servant

• Jesus, Whom
• Jesus whom
• Jesus, whom

• you
• You

• anointed, both Herod and Pontius

• Pilate with the
• Pilate, with the
• Pilate, along with the

• Gentiles and the

• peoples of
• people of

• Israel,
• Israel, were gathered together

Acts 4:28

• to do whatever
• They did what

• your
• Your

• hand and
• power and

• your
• Your

• plan
• will
• purpose
• council

• had predestined to
• had already decided
• foreordained to

• take place.
• should happen.
• would happen.
• happen.
• come to pass.
• should be done.

Acts 4:29

• And now,
• Now,

• Lord,
• O Lord,

• take note of
• listen to
• pay attention to
• consider
• mark
• look at
• look on
• look upon

• their

• threats; and
• threats and
• threats, and

• enable
• grant to
• grant that
• help

• your
• Your

• servants, to
• servants to

• speak

• your
• Your

• word with all
• message with all

• boldness,
• boldness.
• confidence,
• confidence.

Acts 4:30

• while you
• While You
• while You
• as you

• stretch out
• extend

• your
• Your

• hand to
• hand for

• heal, and
• heal and
• heal, and that
• heal; and that

• signs and
• signs, and

• wonders
• wonders to

• be
• are
• may be
• take

• done through the
• performed through the
• place through the

• name of

• your
• Your

• holy

• Servant
• servant

• Jesus.
• Jesus.”
• Jesus.’

Acts 4:31

• When they
• And when they
• After they
• As they

• had prayed, the
• prayed, the

• place where
• place in which

• they

• were
• had

• gathered
• assembled
• meeting

• was
• together was

• shaken, and
• shaken; and
• shaken. And
• shaken;
• shaken.

• they
• They

• were all
• were

• filled with the

• holy
• Holy

• Spirit and
• Spirit, and

• began to
• continued to

• speak God’s

• message with
• word with
• Word with

• boldness.
• confidence.

Acts 4:32

• All the believers
• The community of believers
• Now the whole group of those who believed

• were of one
• were one in

• heart and

• soul, and no
• mind, and no

• one

• said that any of
• claimed that any of
• claimed any of

• his
• their

• possessions

• was
• were

• his
• their

• own, but they shared everything they had.

Acts 4:33

• With great
• And with great

• power, the
• power the

• apostles

• gave
• were giving
• continued to

• witness to the
• testimony to the
• testify to the
• their testimony to the

• resurrection of the Lord

• Jesus. And
• Jesus, and

• great
• abundant

• grace
• favor
• blessing

• was upon
• was on

• them all
• them all.
• them.

Acts 4:34

• There were no
• For there was

• needy
• not a needy

• person among
• persons among
• people among

• them. From
• them From
• them, for

• time to
• as

• time, those who
• time those who
• many as

• owned
• were owners of

• land or
• lands or
• fields or

• houses,
• houses

• sold
• were selling

• them and
• them, and
• them,
• them. They

• brought the
• bring the

• proceeds from the sales
• proceeds from the sales,
• proceeds of the sale,
• money from the sale,
• money,
• money
• proceeds of the sales
• money from the sales.
• money from the sales

Acts 4:35

• and laid
• And laid
• and placing
• and put
• and placed
• and gave

• them at the
• it at the

• apostles’

• feet, and
• feet; and
• feet: and

• it
• distribution
• they

• was distributed to each as any had need.

Acts 4:36

• Joseph, a
• There was a

• Levite from

• Cyprus. The
• Cyprus, whom the

• apostles

• called
• surnamed
• nicknamed

• Barnabas (which

• means
• means ‘
• means “
• means,
• is translated “
• is translated
• is, being interpreted,

• Son of
• son of
• one who

• encouragement’).
• encouragement”),
• Encouragement),
• encouragement”).
• Encouragement,

Acts 4:37

• He owned a

• field.
• field,

• sold
• He sold

• it, and
• it and
• it,

• brought the

• money, and
• money and

• laid
• placed
• gave
• put

• it to the
• it at the

• apostles.
• feet of the apostles.