23 And it shall come to pass that every soul that heareth not that prophet shall be cut off from the people.

24 And all the prophets, from Samuel and after him, however many they spoke, also foretold these days.

25 Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God commanded unto your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

26 And God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him first unto you, to bless you, turning every one away from your evil works.

Chapter 4

1 As they spoke to the multitude, the priests, and the captains of the guard of the temple, and the Sadducees, came to them,

2 vexed that they teach the people, and preach in Jesus the resurrection from the dead;

3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the morning; for it was already evening.

4 And many of them that heard the word believed; and the number of such people was about five thousand.

5 And on the morrow their rulers, and the elders, and the scribes, were gathered together to Jerusalem,

6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and the rest of the high priestly family;

7 And having set them in the midst, they asked, By what power or in what name have you done this?

8 Then Peter, being filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, 'Leaders of the people, and elders of Israel!

9 If we are required of account today for the benefit of a man who is weak, how he is healed,

10 then let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, he is set before you in health.

11 He is a rock, despised by you who build it, but has become the head of the corner, and there is no salvation in any other,

12 For there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.

13 And when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and saw that they were unlettered and simple men, they were amazed, and yet they recognized them, that they were with Jesus;

14 And when they saw the healed man standing with them, they could say nothing in spite of them.

15 And having commanded them to go out of the Sanhedrin, they reasoned among themselves,

E-16 saying, 'What shall we do with these people?' For all who dwell in Jerusalem know that they have performed a manifest miracle, and we cannot deny it;