April 10, 2006, Friday in the octave of Easter.

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

After the crippled man had been cured,

while Peter and John were still speaking to the people,

the priests, the captain of the temple guard,

and the Sadducees confronted them,

disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. They laid hands on Peter and John,

and put them in custody until the next day, since it was already evening. But many of those who

heard the word came to believe,

and the number of men grew to about 5,000.

On the next day, their leaders, elders, and scribes

were assembled in Jerusalem with Anas the high priest,

Caiaphas, John Alexander, and all who were of the high priestly

class, they brought them into their presence and questioned them. By what power, or by what name

have you done this? Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, answered them,

Leaders of the people and elders,

If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a cripple,

namely by what means he was saved,

then all of you and all the people of Israel should know that it was in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarian

whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead. In his name, this man stands before you healed.

He is the stone rejected by you the builders, which has become the cornerstone.

There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven

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