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.

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Bible References

That it

"but if it is from God, you cannot put it down; you may even find yourselves fighting against God."

And yet they did not all hearken to the good news; for Isaiah said, Lord, who hath believed our message?

For I will not dare to speak of any thing except that which Christ has done through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,

For the word of the Lord has been sounded forth from you, and its sound has been heard not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place where the tidings of your faith toward God have been spread abroad, so that I have no need to speak of it.

Let

So when they had further threatened them they let the apostles go, being quite unable to find any way of punishing them because of the people, for everybody was glorifying God over what had happened.

When the officer in charge of the Temple and the high priest heard these words, they were perplexed concerning them, wondering what would come of it.

Now therefore give order to have the sepulcher securely guarded until the third day, for fear his disciples may come and steal him away, and then tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead'; and so the last error will be worse than the first."

So the chief priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin.