Acts 4:7-14
Peter and John before the Sanhedrin
7 They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: "By what power or what name did you do this?"
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers and elders of the people! 9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a cripple and are asked how he was healed, 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 He is
" 'the stone you builders rejected,
which has become the capstone.' 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men 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.
Peter and John were in front of the Sanhedrin...Peter has just healed a forty year old crippled man in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth (Acts 3:6)...Peter is filled with the Holy Spirit when he speaks...Peter tells us the salvation is found in no one else...
The Sanhedrin say that Peter and John are ordinary, unschooled men...Peter and John did not have the schooling of many in the Sanhedrin...They did not have the experiences of the Sanhedrin...And normally Peter probably could not speak as well as the Sanhedrin leaders...They did not have the paradigm of the Sanhedrin council...
Diverse life's experiences, knowledge, and good speaking qualities can be important to many...Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit when he was speaking...And what Peter and John had was faith in Jesus and that God had raised Him from the dead to take away our sins...Their experience's were basically fishing and three years with Jesus...From these first acts of the disciples, they turned the world from a few thousand believers in Jesus to today to a world wide group that believes in the resurrection of the Messiah...