Acts 5:40

And they consented to him; and they called together the apostles, and announced (or commanded) to them, (after) that (they) were beaten, that they should no more speak in the name of Jesus, and (then) they let them go.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 is of God, ye may not undo them, lest peradventure ye be found to repugn against God. (but if it is from God, ye cannot stop, or destroy, them, lest perhaps ye be found to fight against God.) [forsooth if it is of God, ye may not undo them. But suffer ye them, lest peradventure ye be found for to repugn God. (but if it is from God, ye cannot stop them. So let them be, lest perhaps ye be found to be fighting with God.)]

41And they went joying from the sight of the council, that they were had worthy to suffer despising for the name of Jesus.

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Cross References

Isaiah 30:10Which say to prophets, Do not ye prophesy; and to beholders, Do not ye behold to us those things that be rightful; speak ye things pleasing to us, see ye errors to us. (Who say to prophets, Do not ye prophesy; and to beholders, Do not ye behold for us those things that be right, or truthful; rather, speak ye pleasant, or pleasing, things to us, yea, see ye errors for us.)

Micah 2:6A! thou Israel, speak ye not speaking; it shall not drop (a word) on these men, confusion shall not catch, (O thou Israel! thou saith to me, Speak ye not! ye shall not drop a word upon us, for shame shall not catch us!)

Matthew 23:34Therefore lo! I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes [or writers]; and of them ye shall slay and crucify, and of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues, and shall pursue from city into city, [or and shall pursue from city to city], (or and shall persecute them from city to city);

Luke 20:10And in the time of gathering of grapes, he sent a servant to the tillers, that they should give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; which beat him, and let him go (away) void. (And at the time of gathering in the grapes, he sent a servant to the farmers, so that they could give him some of the fruit of the vineyard; but they beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.)

Acts 4:17But that it be no more published into the people, menace we to them (or let us threaten them), (so) that they speak no more in this name to any man.

2 Corinthians 11:24I received of the Jews five times forty strokes one less; (I received from the Jews five times forty strikes less 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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