then let this be known to all of you and to 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.
Peter could have dodged this, but the miracle was wrought precisely so Christ's name would be glorified, and he knew himself the vessel of God's power to seal his doctrine. The wicked are forced to hear what they buried deep; they made him avow before their faces the very thing that grieved them. He testifies Christ is alive because God raised Him from the dead, despite their crucifixion of Him, proving He is the true Messiah and that their rage against God has come to nothing.
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The court sits the next day, not in haste like when they tried Christ, and perhaps they begin to relent; yet they cannot wait to silence the apostles. This prosecution in Jerusalem, where so many looked for redemption and found it but would not receive it, shows how that faithful city became a harlot. The gospel had both learning and power arrayed against it, yet it prevailed.
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Commenting on Acts 4:5-14
Peter was unashamed before the Sanhedrin, declaring the cure came by the name of Jesus the Nazarene, whom they crucified at their own insistence. God raised Him from the dead, and the apostles were witnesses to it. He presses this not by a name of the dead but of the Living One, to show their efforts against Christ were vain and fruitless, and to prove this healing came by His living power and authority.
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