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Acts 4:20

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18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.

For we can not but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.

22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.

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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.

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BSB
For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
KJV
For we can not but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
WEB
for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”
ASV
for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
DARBY
for as for us *we* cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.
BLB
For we are unable to stop speaking [about] what we saw and heard.”
ÅB
for vi kan ikke la være å tale om det som vi har sett og hørt.
OTB
For vi kan ikke la være å fortelle om det vi har sett og hørt.»
B1930
for vi kan ikke la være å tale om det som vi har sett og hørt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 20:9

    Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

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  • Acts 22:15

    For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:16–17

    For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

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  • 1 John 1:1–3

    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

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  • Ezekiel 3:11

    And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

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  • Acts 5:32

    And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

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  • Acts 1:8

    But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

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  • Acts 10:39–41

    And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:

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