Acts 4:21-33

21 When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) ¹on account of the people, because they were all ²glorifying God for what had happened;

22 for the man was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.

23 When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

24 And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with one accord and said, "O Lord, it is You who ³MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM

25 who ⁴by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said, '⁵WHY * DID THE GENTILES RAGE, AND THE PEOPLES DEVISE FUTILE THINGS?

26 '⁶THE KINGS OF THE EARTH TOOK THEIR STAND, AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER * * AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS ⁷CHRIST.'

27 For truly * in this city there were gathered together against Your holy ⁸servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both ⁹Herod and ¹⁰Pontius Pilate, along with ¹¹the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

28 to do whatever Your hand and ¹²Your purpose predestined to occur.

29 "And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your bond-servants may ¹³speak Your word with all ¹⁴confidence,

30 while You extend Your hand to heal, and ¹⁵signs and wonders take place through the name of Your holy ¹⁶servant Jesus."

31 And when they had prayed, the ¹⁷place where * they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all ¹⁸filled with the Holy Spirit and began to ¹⁹speak the word of God with ²⁰boldness.

Sharing among Believers

32 And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but ²¹all things were common property to them.