Acts 4:17

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

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But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.

Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

While you were looking at it, a stone was cut out, but not by hands, and it gave the image a blow on its feet, which were of iron and earth, and they were broken in bits.

But they have not all given ear to the good news. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has had faith in our word?

And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,

For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.

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And when they had said more sharp words to them, they let them go, not seeing what punishment they might give them, because of the people; for all men were giving praise to God for what had taken place.

Now, at these words, the captain of the Temple and the chief priests were greatly troubled about what might be the end of this business.

And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, Why have you gone after the gods of the people who have not given their people salvation from your hands?

Now go, put it in writing before them on a board, and make a record of it in a book, so that it may be for the future, a witness for all time to come.

Now it came to the ears of Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief in authority in the house of the Lord, that Jeremiah was saying these things;

Shemaiah the Nehelamite sent a letter in his name to Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,

Then the rulers said to the king, Let this man be put to death, because he is putting fear into the hearts of the men of war who are still in the town, and into the hearts of the people, by saying such things to them: this man is not working for the well-being of the people, but for their damage.

But to those who were separate you gave wine for drink; and to the prophets you said, Be prophets no longer.

And Amaziah said to Amos, O seer, go in flight into the land of Judah, and there get your living by working as a prophet:

Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!

Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.

Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men;