Acts 4:18

So calling them in, they charged them not to speak in any manner, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 be no farther spread among the people, we will menace them with threats, no more to speak in this name to any man.

19But Peter and John, answering them, said, If it be right in the sight of God to obey you rather than God, be yourselves the judges.

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Cross References

Acts 1:8But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses for me, both in Jerusalem, and throughout all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the extremity of the earth.

Acts 5:40And to him they assented: and calling in the apostles, after scourging them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and 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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