Acts 5:40

So they took his advice, and having called for the apostles and scourged them, they charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

1770 John Worsley NT

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 of God, ye cannot defeat it, least ye be found fighting even against God.

41And they departed from the presence of the council rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer disgrace for his name.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:34For behold I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

Luke 20:10and at the fruit-season he sent a servant to the husbandmen that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen beat him and sent him away empty.

Acts 4:17But that it may spread no farther among the people, let us severely charge them to speak no more to any man in this name.

2 Corinthians 11:24From the Jews I have five times received forty stripes save one.

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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