Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. |
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. |
Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John, and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were marveling, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus. |
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. |
Now when they saw the boldness and unfettered eloquence of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and untrained in the schools [common men with no educational advantages], they marveled, and they recognized that they had been with Jesus. |
And viewing with a practiced eye the free and fearless confidence of Peter and John as manifested in the uninhibited and unreserved manner of speaking, and comprehending the fact that they were without formal education and that they were not professional men but laymen, they began to wonder and kept on wondering, and they began to recognize them as those who were with Jesus. |
When they saw the complete assurance of Peter and John, who were in their view uneducated and untrained men, they were staggered, recognising them as men who had been with Jesus. |
They were surprised to see the courage shown by Peter and John and to find that they were uneducated men, and especially untrained in the schools; but they recognized the fact that they had been companions of Jesus, |
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