Acts 4:17
15 So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.
16 “What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.
But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
18 Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
19 But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
- KJV
- But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
- WEB
- But so that this spreads no further among the people, let’s threaten them, that from now on they don’t speak to anyone in this name.”
- ASV
- But that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
- DARBY
- But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.
- BLB
- But so that it might not spread further on among the people, let us threaten them to speak no longer in this name to [any] man.”
- ÅB
- Men for at det ikke skal utbrede seg mere blant folket, så la oss alvorlig true dem til ikke mere å tale i dette navn til noe menneske!
- OTB
- Men for å hindre at dette sprer seg videre blant folket, la oss advare dem mot å tale til noen i dette navnet heretter.»
- B1930
- Men forat det ikke skal utbrede sig mere blandt folket, så la oss alvorlig true dem til ikke mere å tale i dette navn til noget menneske!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 5:28
“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
Read in contextRomans 15:18–22
I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:15–16
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
Read in contextActs 5:24
When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 1:8
For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.
Read in contextRomans 10:16–18
But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
Read in contextDaniel 2:34–35
As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.
Read in contextJeremiah 38:4
Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
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