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Acts 4:8

Simon
The Holy SpiritCourage and strength

6 along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.

7 They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!

9 If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,

10 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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
KJV
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
WEB
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “You rulers of the people and elders of Israel,
ASV
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders,
DARBY
Then Peter, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders [of Israel],
BLB
Then Peter, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,
ÅB
Da sa Peter til dem, fylt av den Hellige Ånd: Dere folkets rådsherrer og Israels eldste!
OTB
Da talte Peter, fylt av Den Hellige Ånd, til dem: «Folkets ledere og eldste,
B1930
Da sa Peter til dem, fylt av den Hellige Ånd: I folkets rådsherrer og Israels eldste!

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