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Acts 4 - Read-Along · The Five Minute Bible Podcast

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  Acts chapter 4 As they were speaking to the people, the
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  priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees
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  came up to them, being greatly disturbed, because they were
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  teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the
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  resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them and
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  put them in jail until the next day, for it was already evening.
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  But many of those who had heard the message believed, and the
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  number of the men came to be about 5000.
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  On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered
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  together in Jerusalem, and Anis the high priest was there, and
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  Caiaphas and John and Alexander and all who were of high
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  priestly descent. When they'd placed them in the
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  center, they began to inquire, by what power or in what name
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  have you done this? Then Peter, filled with the Holy
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  Spirit, said to them, rulers and elders of the people, if we are
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  on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how
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  this man has been made, well, let it be made known to all of
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  you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of
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  Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised
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  from the dead, by this name, this man stands here before you
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  in good health. He is the stone which was
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  rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief
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  cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one
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  else. For there is no other name under
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  heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.
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  Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John,
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  and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men,
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  they were amazed and began to recognize them as having been
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  with Jesus. And seeing the man who had been
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  helped standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.
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  But when they had ordered them to leave the council, they began
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  to confer with one another, saying, What shall we do with
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  these men? For the fact that a noteworthy
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  miracle has taken place through them is apparent to all who live
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  in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
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  But so that it will not spread any further among the people,
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  let us warn them to speak no longer to any man in this name.
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  When they had summoned them, they commanded them not to speak
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  or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
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  But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is
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  right in the sight of God to give heed to you rather than to
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  God, you be the Judge, for we cannot stop speaking about what
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  we have seen and heard. When they had threatened them
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  further, they let them go, finding no basis on which to
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  punish them on account of the people, because they were all
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  glorifying God for what had happened.
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  For the man was more than 40 years old on whom this miracle
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  of healing had been performed. When they had been released,
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  they went to their own companions and reported all that
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  the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
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  When they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with
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  1 accord and said, O Lord, it is you who made the heaven and the
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  earth and the sea, and all that is in them, Who by the Holy
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  Spirit, through the mouth of our Father David, your servant,
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  said, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples devise feudal
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  things? The kings of the earth took
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  their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the
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  Lord and against his Christ. For truly in this city they were
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  gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you
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  anointed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles
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  and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever your hand and your
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  purpose predestined to occur. And now, Lord, take note of
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  their threats and grant that your bond servants may speak
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  your word with all confidence, while you extend your hand to
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  heal. And signs and wonders take place
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  through the name of your holy servant Jesus.
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  When they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together
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  was shaken. They were all filled with the
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  Holy Spirit and began to speak the Word of God with boldness.
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  And the congregation of those who believed were of 1 heart and
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  soul, and not one of them claimed that anything belonging
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  to Him was his own. But all things were common
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  property to them. And with great power the
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  apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord
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  Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them
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  all. For there was not a needy person
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  among them. For all who were owners of land
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  or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sales,
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  and lay them at the apostles feet, and they would be
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  distributed to each as any had need.
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  Now Joseph a Levite of Cyprian birth, who was also called
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  Barnabas by the apostles, which translated means Son of
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  encouragement, and who owned a tract of land, sold it and
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  brought the money, and laid it at the apostles feet.