Acts 4:17

But lest it be spread further among the people, let us threaten them with a threat, that they speak no longer to any man in this name.”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

In Context

16saying, “What shall we do to these men? For indeed, that a known sign has come to pass by them is evident to all those who are dwelling in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

18And summoning them, they commanded them not to speak at all nor to teach in the name of Jesus.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:64Therefore command that the grave be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him, and say to the people, ‘He was raised from the dead.’ So the last deception will be worse than the first.”

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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