Acts 4:18

And calling them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 be no farther spread among the people, let us threaten them that they speak no more in this name to any man.

19But Peter and John answering, said to them: If it be just in the sight of God, to hear you rather than God, judge ye.

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Cross References

Acts 1:8But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth.

Acts 5:40And calling in the apostles, after they had scourged them, they charged them that they should not speak at all in the name of Jesus; and they 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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