21-22. The Jewish leaders could not find a way to punish them because all the people were praising God for what had been done. (This miracle was a proof from God. The man who was healed was more than 40 years old!) So the Jewish leaders warned the apostles again and let them go free.
23. Peter and John left the meeting of Jewish leaders and went to their own group. They told them everything that the leading priests and the Jewish elders had said to them.
24. When the believers heard this, they prayed to God with one purpose. They prayed, “Lord, you are the One who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything in the world.
25. Our father David was your servant. With the help of the Holy Spirit he said:‘Why are the nations so angry?Why are the people making useless plans?
26. The kings of the earth prepare to fight.Their leaders make plans togetheragainst the Lordand against his Christ.’ Psalm 2:1-2
27. These things really happened when Herod, Pontius Pilate, the non-Jewish people, and the Jewish people all came together against Jesus here in Jerusalem. Jesus is your holy Servant. He is the One you made to be the Christ.
28. These people made your plan happen; it happened because of your power and your will.