Acts 4:17

But that it may spread no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, so that they speak no more to any man in this name.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

In Context

16saying: What shall we do with these men? For that an evident sign has been done by them, is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we can not deny it.

18And they called them in, and commanded them to speak no more at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:64Therefore, command that the sepulcher be made safe till the third day, lest his disciples come and steal him away, and say to the people, He has risen from the dead; and the last error will be worse than the first.

Matthew Henry on Acts 4:16-23

The Resolution of Peter and John. 15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, 16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. 17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. 18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the… Read the whole commentary →

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