Acts 4:18

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

English Majority Text (NT)

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 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.”

19But Peter and John answered them and said, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than God, you be the judge.

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Cross References

Acts 1:8But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 1 The Ascension of Jesus

Acts 5:40And they were persuaded by him, and when they had called the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and released 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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