Acts 4:18

And having called them, they charged [them] not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

Darby Translation

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 be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.

19But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye;

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Cross References

Acts 1:8but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Acts 5:40And they listened to his advice; and having called the apostles, they beat them, and enjoined them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.

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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