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Luke 19
Amplified Bible, 2015 (AMP)
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And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in reply.
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But after ordering them to step out of the Council [chamber], they began to confer among themselves,
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saying, "What are we to do with these men? For the fact that an extraordinary miracle has taken place through them is public knowledge and clearly evident to all the residents of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.
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But to keep it from spreading further among the people and the nation, let us [sternly] warn them not to speak again to anyone in this name."
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So they sent for them, and commanded them not to speak [as His representatives] or teach at all in the name of Jesus [using Him as their authority].
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But Peter and John replied to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you and obey you rather than God, you must judge [for yourselves];
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for we, on our part, cannot stop telling [people] about what we have seen and heard."
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When the rulers and Council members had threatened them further, they let them go, finding no way to punish them because [of their fear] of the people, for they were all praising and glorifying and honoring God for what had happened;
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for the man to whom this sign (attesting miracle) of healing had happened was more than forty years old.
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After Peter and John were released, they returned to their own [people] and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
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And when they heard it, they raised their voices together to God and said, "O Sovereign Lord [having complete power and authority], it is You who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them,
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who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David, Your servant, said, 'Why did the nations (Gentiles) become arrogant and rage, And the peoples devise futile things [against the Lord]?
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'The kings of the earth took their stand [to attack], And the rulers were assembled together Against the Lord and against His Anointed (the Christ, the Messiah).'
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For in this city there were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
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to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined [before the creation of the world] to occur [and so without knowing it, they served Your own purpose].
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And now, Lord, observe their threats [take them into account] and grant that Your bond-servants may declare Your message [of salvation] with great confidence,
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while You extend Your hand to heal, and signs and wonders (attesting miracles) take place through the name [and the authority and power] of Your holy Servant and Son Jesus."
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And when they had prayed, the place where they were meeting together was shaken [a sign of God's presence]; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness and courage.
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Now the company of believers was of one heart and soul, and not one [of them] claimed that anything belonging to him was [exclusively] his own, but everything was common property and for the use of all.
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And with great ability and power the apostles were continuously testifying to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace [God's remarkable lovingkindness and favor and goodwill] rested richly upon them all.
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There was not a needy person among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them, and bringing the proceeds of the sales
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and placing the money down at the apostles' feet. Then it was distributed to each as anyone had need.
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Now Joseph, a Levite and native of Cyprus, who was surnamed[7] Barnabas by the apostles (which translated means Son of Encouragement),
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sold a field belonging to him and brought the money and set it at the apostles' feet.
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Now a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,
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and with his wife's full knowledge [and complicity] he kept back some of the proceeds, bringing only a[1] portion of it, and set it at the apostles' feet.
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But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and [secretly] keep back for yourself some of the proceeds [from the sale] of the land?
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As long as it remained [unsold], did it not remain your own [to do with as you pleased]? And after it was sold, was the money not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this act [of hypocrisy and deceit] in your heart? You have not [simply] lied to people, but to God."
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And hearing these words, Ananias fell down suddenly and died; and great fear and awe gripped those who heard of it.
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And the young men [in the congregation] got up and wrapped up the body, and carried it out and buried it.
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Now after an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.
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Peter asked her, "Tell me whether you sold your land for so much?" And she said, "Yes, for so much."
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Then Peter said to her, "How could you two have agreed together to put the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also."
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And at once she fell down at his feet and died; and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
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And great fear and awe gripped the whole church, and all who heard about these things.
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At the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders (attesting miracles) were continually taking place among the people. And by common consent they all met together [at the temple] in [the covered porch called] Solomon's portico.
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But none of the rest [of the people, the non-believers] dared to associate with them; however, the people were holding them in high esteem and were speaking highly of them.
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More and more believers in the Lord, crowds of men and women, were constantly being added to their number,
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to such an extent that they even carried their sick out into the streets and put them on cots and sleeping pads, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on one of them [with healing power].
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And the people from the towns in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing the sick and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all being healed.
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But the[2] high priest stood up, along with all his associates (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy and resentment.
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They arrested the apostles and put them in a public jail.
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But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, and leading them out, he said,
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Go, stand and continue to tell the people in the temple [courtyards] the whole message of this Life [the eternal life revealed by Christ and found through faith in Him].
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When they heard this, they went into the temple [courtyards] about daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), even all the council of elders of the sons of Israel, and sent word to the prison for the apostles to be brought [before them].
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But when the officers arrived, they did not find them in the prison; and they came back and reported,
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We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened [the doors], we found no one inside.
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Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these things, they were greatly perplexed, wondering what would come of this.
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