Acts 4:19
But, Peter and John, answering, said unto them—Whether it be right in presence of God, unto you, to be hearkening, rather than unto God, judge!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
20For, we, cannot but be speaking the things which we have seen and heard.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:30And this thing became a sin,—and the people went before the one, as far as Dan.
1 Kings 14:16That he may deliver up Israel,—on account of the sin of Jeroboam, which he committed, and which he caused, Israel, to commit.
1 Kings 22:14And Micaiah said,—By the life of Yahweh, what Yahweh saith unto me, that, will I, speak.
2 Kings 16:16So Urijah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded.
Psalms 58:1Are ye, indeed, silent [when] righteousness, ye should speak? When, with equity, ye should judge, O ye sons of men?
Daniel 6:10But, Daniel, when he knew that the writing, was signed, went to his own house, and, the windows being opened to him, in his chamber, toward Jerusalem, three times a day, was he kneeling upon his knees, and praying and giving thanks before his God, in like manner as he had been doing aforetime.
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 →