Acts 4:19
But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
18And having called them, they charged [them] not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
20for as for us *we* cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:30And this thing became a sin; and the people went [to worship] before the one, as far as Dan.
1 Kings 14:16And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he has sinned, and made Israel to sin.
1 Kings 22:14And Micah said, As Jehovah liveth, even what Jehovah shall say to me, that will I speak.
2 Kings 16:16And Urijah the priest did according to all that king Ahaz had commanded.
Psalms 58:1{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam.} Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?
Daniel 6:10And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and, his windows being open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
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 →