Acts 5:40

And they were persuaded by him, and called the apostles, and scourged them, and commanded them that they should not teach in the name of Jeshu, and loosed them.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

In Context

39but if it be from Aloha, there is no power in your hands to bring it to an end: lest you should be found to have arisen against Aloha.

41And they went out from before them, rejoicing to be worthy for the sake of the Name to be ill treated.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:34On this account, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; (some) of these you shall kill and crucify; and (some) of these you shall scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city.

Luke 20:10And at the season he sent his servant to the husbandmen that they should give him of the fruit of the vinery. But the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

Acts 4:17But that this report may not go forth more, we will threaten them that again they shall not speak in This Name to any man.

2 Corinthians 11:24From the Jihudoyee, five times, forty (stripes) wanting one have I devoured;

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:27-42

The Seizing of the Apostles; The Examination of the Apostles; The Advice of Gamaliel. 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. 29… Read the whole commentary →

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