2 GLT مُتَضَجِّرِينَ مِنْ تَعْلِيمِهِمَا ٱلشَّعْبَ، وَنِدَائِهِمَا فِي يَسُوعَ بِٱلْقِيَامَةِ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ. BSB BSB: greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
3 GLT فَأَلْقَوْا عَلَيْهِمَا ٱلْأَيَادِيَ وَوَضَعُوهُمَا فِي حَبْسٍ إِلَى ٱلْغَدِ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ قَدْ صَارَ ٱلْمَسَاءُ. BSB BSB: They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
4 GLT وَكَثِيرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ سَمِعُوا ٱلْكَلِمَةَ آمَنُوا، وَصَارَ عَدَدُ ٱلرِّجَالِ نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ آلَافٍ. BSB BSB: But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
5 GLT وَحَدَثَ فِي ٱلْغَدِ أَنَّ رُؤَسَاءَهُمْ وَشُيُوخَهُمْ وَكَتَبَتَهُمُ ٱجْتَمَعُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ BSB BSB: The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
6 GLT مَعَ حَنَّانَ رَئِيسِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَقَيَافَا وَيُوحَنَّا وَٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِ، وَجَمِيعِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا مِنْ عَشِيرَةِ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ. BSB BSB: along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.
7 GLT وَلَمَّا أَقَامُوهُمَا فِي ٱلْوَسْطِ، جَعَلُوا يَسْأَلُونَهُمَا: «بِأَيَّةِ قُوَّةٍ وَبِأَيِّ ٱسْمٍ صَنَعْتُمَا أَنْتُمَا هَذَا؟». BSB BSB: They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
8 GLT حِينَئِذٍ ٱمْتَلَأَ بُطْرُسُ مِنَ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «يَا رُؤَسَاءَ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَشُيُوخَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، BSB BSB: Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
9 GLT إِنْ كُنَّا نُفْحَصُ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَنْ إِحْسَانٍ إِلَى إِنْسَانٍ سَقِيمٍ، بِمَاذَا شُفِيَ هَذَا، BSB BSB: If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,
10 GLT فَلْيَكُنْ مَعْلُومًا عِنْدَ جَمِيعِكُمْ وَجَمِيعِ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، أَنَّهُ بِٱسْمِ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ ٱلنَّاصِرِيِّ، ٱلَّذِي صَلَبْتُمُوهُ أَنْتُمُ، ٱلَّذِي أَقَامَهُ ٱللهُ مِنَ ٱلْأَمْوَاتِ، بِذَاكَ وَقَفَ هَذَا أَمَامَكُمْ صَحِيحًا. BSB BSB: then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
11 GLT هَذَا هُوَ: ٱلْحَجَرُ ٱلَّذِي ٱحْتَقَرْتُمُوهُ أَيُّهَا ٱلْبَنَّاؤُونَ، ٱلَّذِي صَارَ رَأْسَ ٱلزَّاوِيَةِ. BSB BSB: This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
13 GLT فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا مُجَاهَرَةَ بُطْرُسَ وَيُوحَنَّا، وَوَجَدُوا أَنَّهُمَا إِنْسَانَانِ عَدِيمَا ٱلْعِلْمِ وَعَامِّيَّانِ، تَعَجَّبُوا. فَعَرَفُوهُمَا أَنَّهُمَا كَانَا مَعَ يَسُوعَ. BSB BSB: When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.
14 GLT وَلَكِنْ إِذْ نَظَرُوا ٱلْإِنْسَانَ ٱلَّذِي شُفِيَ وَاقِفًا مَعَهُمَا، لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ شَيْءٌ يُنَاقِضُونَ بِهِ. BSB BSB: And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in response.
15 GLT فَأَمَرُوهُمَا أَنْ يَخْرُجَا إِلَى خَارِجِ ٱلْمَجْمَعِ، وَتَآمَرُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ BSB BSB: So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.
16 GLT قَائِلِينَ: «مَاذَا نَفْعَلُ بِهَذَيْنِ ٱلرَّجُلَيْنِ؟ لِأَنَّهُ ظَاهِرٌ لِجَمِيعِ سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ أَنَّ آيَةً مَعْلُومَةً قَدْ جَرَتْ بِأَيْدِيهِمَا، وَلَا نَقْدِرُ أَنْ نُنْكِرَ. BSB BSB: “What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.
17 GLT وَلَكِنْ لِئَلَّا تَشِيعَ أَكْثَرَ فِي ٱلشَّعْبِ، لِنُهَدِّدْهُمَا تَهْدِيدًا أَنْ لَا يُكَلِّمَا أَحَدًا مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فِيمَا بَعْدُ بِهَذَا ٱلِٱسْمِ». BSB BSB: But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
18 GLT فَدَعَوْهُمَا وَأَوْصَوْهُمَا أَنْ لَا يَنْطِقَا ٱلْبَتَّةَ، وَلَا يُعَلِّمَا بِٱسْمِ يَسُوعَ. BSB BSB: Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
19 GLT فَأَجَابَهُمْ بُطْرُسُ وَيُوحَنَّا وَقَالَا: «إِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا أَمَامَ ٱللهِ أَنْ نَسْمَعَ لَكُمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱللهِ، فَٱحْكُمُوا. BSB BSB: But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
20 GLT لِأَنَّنَا نَحْنُ لَا يُمْكِنُنَا أَنْ لَا نَتَكَلَّمَ بِمَا رَأَيْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا». BSB BSB: For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
21 GLT وَبَعْدَمَا هَدَّدُوهُمَا أَيْضًا أَطْلَقُوهُمَا، إِذْ لَمْ يَجِدُوا ٱلْبَتَّةَ كَيْفَ يُعَاقِبُونَهُمَا بِسَبَبِ ٱلشَّعْبِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْجَمِيعَ كَانُوا يُمَجِّدُونَ ٱللهَ عَلَى مَا جَرَى، BSB BSB: After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.
22 GLT لِأَنَّ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ ٱلَّذِي صَارَتْ فِيهِ آيَةُ ٱلشِّفَاءِ هَذِهِ، كَانَ لَهُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً. BSB BSB: For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
23 GLT وَلَمَّا أُطْلِقَا أَتَيَا إِلَى رُفَقَائِهِمَا وَأَخْبَرَاهُمْ بِكُلِّ مَا قَالَهُ لَهُمَا رُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱلشُّيُوخُ. BSB BSB: On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
24 GLT فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا، رَفَعُوا بِنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ صَوْتًا إِلَى ٱللهِ وَقَالُوا: «أَيُّهَا ٱلسَّيِّدُ، أَنْتَ هُوَ ٱلْإِلَهُ ٱلصَّانِعُ ٱلسَّمَاءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَٱلْبَحْرَ وَكُلَّ مَا فِيهَا، BSB BSB: When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
25 GLT ٱلْقَائِلُ بِفَمِ دَاوُدَ فَتَاكَ: لِمَاذَا ٱرْتَجَّتِ ٱلْأُمَمُ وَتَفَكَّرَ ٱلشُّعُوبُ بِٱلْبَاطِلِ؟ BSB BSB: You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
26 GLT قَامَتْ مُلُوكُ ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَٱجْتَمَعَ ٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ مَعًا عَلَى ٱلرَّبِّ وَعَلَى مَسِيحِهِ. BSB BSB: The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’
28 GLT لِيَفْعَلُوا كُلَّ مَا سَبَقَتْ فَعَيَّنَتْ يَدُكَ وَمَشُورَتُكَ أَنْ يَكُونَ. BSB BSB: They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
29 GLT وَٱلْآنَ يَا رَبُّ، ٱنْظُرْ إِلَى تَهْدِيدَاتِهِمْ، وَٱمْنَحْ عَبِيدَكَ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمُوا بِكَلَامِكَ بِكُلِّ مُجَاهَرَةٍ، BSB BSB: And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,
30 GLT بِمَدِّ يَدِكَ لِلشِّفَاءِ، وَلْتُجْرَ آيَاتٌ وَعَجَائِبُ بِٱسْمِ فَتَاكَ ٱلْقُدُّوسِ يَسُوعَ». BSB BSB: as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
31 GLT وَلَمَّا صَلَّوْا تَزَعْزَعَ ٱلْمَكَانُ ٱلَّذِي كَانُوا مُجْتَمِعِينَ فِيهِ، وَٱمْتَلَأَ ٱلْجَمِيعُ مِنَ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ، وَكَانُوا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِكَلَامِ ٱللهِ بِمُجَاهَرَةٍ. BSB BSB: After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
33 GLT وَبِقُوَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ كَانَ ٱلرُّسُلُ يُؤَدُّونَ ٱلشَّهَادَةَ بِقِيَامَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ، وَنِعْمَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ كَانَتْ عَلَى جَمِيعِهِمْ، BSB BSB: With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all.
34 GLT إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِمْ أَحَدٌ مُحْتَاجًا، لِأَنَّ كُلَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا أَصْحَابَ حُقُولٍ أَوْ بُيُوتٍ كَانُوا يَبِيعُونَهَا، وَيَأْتُونَ بِأَثْمَانِ ٱلْمَبِيعَاتِ، BSB BSB: There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,
35 GLT وَيَضَعُونَهَا عِنْدَ أَرْجُلِ ٱلرُّسُلِ، فَكَانَ يُوزَّعُ عَلَى كُلِّ أَحَدٍ كَمَا يَكُونُ لَهُ ٱحْتِيَاجٌ. BSB BSB: and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.
37 GLT إِذْ كَانَ لَهُ حَقْلٌ بَاعَهُ، وَأَتَى بِٱلدَّرَاهِمِ وَوَضَعَهَا عِنْدَ أَرْجُلِ ٱلرُّسُلِ. BSB BSB: sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.