¹⁹ But ^(A)Peter and John answered and said to them, “^(B)Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, make your own judgment; ²⁰ for ^(C)we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.” ²¹ When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) ^(D)on account of the people, because they were all ^(E)glorifying God for what had happened; ²² for the man on whom this ^[a]miracle of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.

²³ When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported everything that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. ²⁴ And when they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said, “^[b]Lord, it is You who ^(F)made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them, ²⁵ who ^(G)by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said,

²⁷ For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy ^[f](K)servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both ^(L)Herod and ^(M)Pontius Pilate, along with ^(N)the ^[g]Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, ²⁸ to do whatever Your hand and ^(O)purpose predestined to occur. ²⁹ And ^[h]now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant it to Your bond-servants to ^(P)speak Your word with all ^(Q)confidence,