When the captain and the court officers had brought the apostles inand made them stand before the Sanhedrin,the high priest questioned them,”We gave you strict orders, did we not,to stop teaching in that name?Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teachingand want to bring this man’s blood upon us.”But Peter and the apostles said in reply,”We must obey God rather than men.The God of our ancestors raised Jesus,though you had him killed by hanging him on a tree.God exalted him at his right hand as leader and saviorto grant Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.We are witnesses of these things,as is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”The Sanhedrin ordered the apostlesto stop speaking in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin,rejoicing that they had been found worthyto suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

R. (2a) I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
or:
R. Alleluia.
I will extol you, O LORD, for you drew me clear
and did not let my enemies rejoice over me.
O LORD, you brought me up from the netherworld;
you preserved me from among those going down into the pit.
R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Sing praise to the LORD, you his faithful ones,
and give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger lasts but a moment;
a lifetime, his good will.
At nightfall, weeping enters in,
 but with the dawn, rejoicing.
R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Hear, O LORD, and have pity on me;
O LORD, be my helper.
You changed my mourning into dancing;
O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks.
R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
or:
R. Alleluia.

I, John, looked and heard the voices of many angelswho surrounded the throneand the living creatures and the elders.They were countless in number, and they cried out in a loud voice:”Worthy is the Lamb that was slainto receive power and riches, wisdom and strength,honor and glory and blessing.”Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earthand under the earth and in the sea,everything in the universe, cry out:”To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lambbe blessing and honor, glory and might,forever and ever.”The four living creatures answered, “Amen,”and the elders fell down and worshiped.