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 there salvation  in  any  other. For there  is  no  other  Name  under heaven given  to  men  whereby  we  must  be  saved.”

The chief  priests  and  the  ancients  ordered  Peter  and  John to be  taken  out,  and  said  one  to  another:  “What  shall  we  do  to these  men? for a miracle,  indeed,  hath  been  done  by  them,  conspicuous to  all  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem;  it  is  manifest,  and we cannot  deny  it. But that  it  may  be  no  further  divulged  among the people,  let  us  threaten  them,  that  they  speak  no  more  in  this Name to  any  man.”

Then, calling  the  two  apostles,  they  charged  them  not  to speak  at  all  in  the  Name  of  Jesus. But they  answered  them, saying: “If  it  be  just  in  the  sight  of  God  to  hear  you  rather  than God, judge  you,  for  we  cannot  but  speak  the  things  which  we have  seen  and  heard.”

The doctrine  of  the  Divinity  of  Jesus  Christ  was  taught  by  Peter in word  and  deed. He called  Him  the  Son  of  God,  and  the  Author of life;  and  he  proved  it  by  the  great  miracle  worked  in  His  Name, for were  He  not  God,  His  Name  would  have  been  powerless  to  work the miracle.

The difference  between  cur  Lord's  own  miracles, and  those  of  the apostles.  Jesus  worked  miracles  in  His  own  Name,  and  by  His  own power. He said  to  the  young  man  of  Naim: “Young  man,  I say  to thee,  arise  1”  and  by  the  power  of  His  almighty  word  the  dead  came back to  life. The apostles,  on  the  contrary,  did  not  work  miracles  in their  own  name,  but  in  the  Name  of  Jesus. Thus Peter  said  to  the  lame man: “In  the  Name  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Nazareth,  rise  up  and  walk!” This word  of  Peter  was  not  almighty,  but  on  account  of  Peter’s  faith Jesus willed  to  use  His  Omnipotence  to  cure  the  lame  man.

The object  of  the  apostolic  miracles.  God  willed,  by  the  miracles which the  apostles  worked,  or  rather  which  He  worked  through  them,