8. Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,
9. if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a sick man—by what means this man was healed—
10. let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man stands before you healthy!
11. This one is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.
12. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among people by which we must be saved.”
13. Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were astonished, and recognized them, that they had been with Jesus.
14. And because they saw the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in return.
15. But after they had ordered them to go outside the Sanhedrin, they began to confer with one another,
16. saying, “What should we do with these men? For that a remarkable sign has taken place through them is evident to all those who live in Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny it!
17. But in order that it may not spread much further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more in this name to anyone at all.”
18. And they called them back and commanded them not to speak or to teach at all in the name of Jesus.
19. But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than God, you decide!