Acts 4:17

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Summary

But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

That it

Let

General references

Psalm 83:4

Bible References

That it

but if it is from God, ye cannot overthrow it, and perhaps ye may be found to be fighting against God.

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate vain {things (LXX/NT)}?

Thou looked until a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.

But not all were obedient to the good-news, for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our report?

For I will not dare to speak anything of which Christ did not accomplish through me for the obedience of Gentiles, by word and work,

For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything.

Let

And they, having further threatened, released them, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people. Since all glorified God for that which happened.

Now when they heard these words, the high priest, and the captain of the temple, and the chief priests, were perplexed about them, whatever this would become.

Therefore the anger of LORD was kindled against Amaziah. And he sent a prophet to him, who said to him, Why have thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?

Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it on a scroll, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.

Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.

Thus speaks LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou have sent letters in thine own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

Then the rulers said to the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death, inasmuch as he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them. For this ma

But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Do not Prophesy.

Also Amaziah said to Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thou away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there.

Prophesy ye not, they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these, [so] reproaches shall not depart.

Command therefore to secure the tomb until the third day, lest his disciples having come by night steal him away, and say to the people, He was raised from the dead. And the last error will be worse than the first.

Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What are we doing? Because this man does many signs.

The men who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and who persecuted us, and are not pleasing to God, and are contrary to all men.

General references

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.