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Jan 14, 2026 6:01 AM

  Acts 4:12 In-Context

  10 then know this, you and 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 Jesus is " 'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.'Psalm 118:22

  12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved."

  13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.

  14 But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say.

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