Acts 4:18

So they recalled the Apostles, and ordered them altogether to give up speaking or teaching in the name of Jesus.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 to prevent the matter spreading any further among the people, let us stop them by threats from speaking in the future in this name to any one whatever."

19But Peter and John replied, "Judge whether it is right in God's sight to listen to you instead of listening to God.

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Cross References

Acts 1:8and yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and Samaria and to the remotest parts of the earth."

Acts 5:40His advice carried conviction. So they called the Apostles in, and--after flogging them--ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then let them go.

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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