Acts 4:21
But they threatening, sent them away, not finding how they might punish them, because of the people; for all men glorified what had been done, in that which had come to pass.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
20For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
22For the man was above forty years old, in whom that miraculous cure had been wrought.
Cross References
Matthew 9:33And after the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and the multitudes wondered, saying, Never was the like seen in Israel.
Matthew 21:46And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes: because they held him as a prophet.
Luke 5:26And all were astonished; and they glorified God. And they were filled with fear, saying: We have seen wonderful things to day.
Luke 19:47And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him:
Luke 20:19And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him the same hour: but they feared the people, for they knew that he spoke this parable to them.
John 12:18For which reason also the people came to meet him, because they heard that he had done this miracle.
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 →