The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ The .iiii. Chapter

AS they spake vnto the people / the pre¦stes [ A] & the rular of the tēple / & the Sa∣duces* 1.1 came vpon them / takynge it gre∣vously that they taught y^• pople & preached in Iesus the resurreccion frō deeth. And they layde hondes on them / and put them in holde vntill the nexte daye: for it was now even ty∣de. How be it many of them which hearde the wordes / beleved / and the noumbre of the men was aboute fyve thousande.

And it chaunsed on the morowe that their rulars & elders & Scribes / as Annas the che∣fe Prest & Cayphas & Iohn & Alexander / and as many as were of y^• kynred of the hye pre∣stes gadered to geder at Ierusalem / & sit the other before them / & axed: by what power or what name have ye done this syrs? ✚ Then [ B] Peter full of y^• holy goost sayd vnto them: ye* 1.2 rulars of the people / & elders of Israel / yf we this daye are examined of the good dede do∣ne to the sycke man / by what meanes he is ma¦de whoale: be yt knowen vnto you all / and to the people of Israel / that in the name of Ie∣sus Christ of Nazareth / who n ye crucified / and whom God raysed agayne from deeth:* 1.3 even by him doth this man stonde here pre∣sent before you whoale. This is y^e stone cast a syde of you bylders which is set in the ••he•• fe place of the corner. Nether is ther 〈◊〉〈◊〉* 1.4

in eny other. Nor yet also is ther eny other na¦me* 1.5 geven to men wherin we must be saved. ✚ [ C]

When they sawe the boldnes of Peter & Iohn / & vnderstode that they were vnlerned men & laye people / they marveyled / and they knew them / that they were with Iesu: & be∣holdinge also the mā which was healed ston¦dinge with thē / they coulde not saye agaynst it. But they cōmaunded them to go a syde out of the counsell / & counceled amōge them sel∣ves sayinge: what shall we do to these men? For a manifest signe is done by thē / & is open¦ly knowen to all them that dwell in Ierusa∣lem / & we cānot denye it. But that it be noy∣sed no farther amōge the people / let vs threa∣ten / and charge them that they speake hence forth to no man in this name. [ D]

And they called them / & cōmaunded them that in no wyse they shuld speake or teache in the name of Iesu. But Peter and Iohn an∣swered vnto them & sayde: whether it be right in the syght of God to obeye you moare then* 1.6 God / iudge ye. For we cānot but speake that which we have sene and hearde. So threate∣ned they them and let them goo / and founde no thinge how to punysshe them / because of the people. For all mē lauded God for the my¦racle which was done: for the man was abo∣ve fourty yeare olde / on whom this myracle of healinge was shewed. [ E]

Assone as they were let goo / they came to their felowes / and shewed all that the hye pre¦stes and elders had sayde to them. And when

they hearde that / they lyfte vp their voyces to God with one accorde / & sayde: Lorde / thou arte God which hast made heaven & erth / the see & all that in them is / which by the mouth of thy servaunt David hast sayd: Why dyd the hethen rage / & the people immagen vayne* 1.7 thinges. The kynges of the erth stode vp & the rulars came to gedder / agaynst the Lorde and agaynst his Christ.

For of a trueth / agaynst thy holy chylde Ie¦sus [ F] whom thou hast annoynted / bothe Hero∣de and also Poncius Pylate / with the Gen∣tils and the people of Israel / gaddered them selves to gedder / forto do whatsoever thy hon¦de and thy counsell determined before to be done. And now Lorde / beholde their threate∣nynges / & graunte vnto thy servauntes with all confidence to speake thy worde. So that thou stretche forth thy honde / that healynge and signes and wonders be done by the name of thy holy chylde Iesus. And assone as they had prayed / the place moved wheare they we∣re assembled to gedder / and they were all fil∣led with the holy goost / and they spake the worde of God boldely. [ G]

✚ And the multitude of them that beleved / were of one hert / and of one soule. Also none of them sayde / that eny of the thinges which he possessed / was his awne: but had all thin∣ges commen. And with greate power gave* 1.8 the Apostles witnes of the resurreccion of the Lorde Iesu. And greate grace was with them all. Nether was ther eny amonge them /

that lacked. For as many as were possessers of londes or housses / solde them and brought* 1.9 the pryce of the thinges that were solde / and layed yt doune at the Apostles fete. And di∣stribucion was made vnto every man accor∣dinge as he had nede. ⊢

And Ioses which was also called of the Apostles Barnabas (that is to saye the son. ne of consolacion) beynge a Levite / and of the countre of Cipers / had londe / and solde it. and layde the pryce doune at the Apostles fete.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Saduces
• * 1.2

  Peter.
• * 1.3

  ••sa. cx vi•• ••a••. xxi. ma••. xi•• •• ••••••. ••••. ••.
• * 1.4

  S••lvaciō▪
• * 1.5

  ••••m. ix. g
• * 1.6

  God is more to be obeyed then man
• * 1.7

  psal. ij. a.
• * 1.8

  Commen
• * 1.9

  Love.