Acts 4:18

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

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

In Context

17But 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.

19But Peter and John answering them, said: Whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you rather than God, judge you.

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Cross References

Acts 1:8But you shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses for me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the most distant part of the earth.

Acts 5:40And they were persuaded by him; and when they had called the apostles in and scourged them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

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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