Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
For we are not able to refrain from speaking about [the things] that we have seen and heard."
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Holman Bible
for we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
International Standard Version
for we cannot stop talking about what we've seen and heard."
A Conservative Version
For we are not able not to speak what we saw and heard.
American Standard Version
for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
Amplified
for we, on our part, cannot stop telling [people] about what we have seen and heard.”
An Understandable Version
we cannot help but speak about the things we have seen and heard."
Anderson New Testament
For we can not but speak the things that we have seen and heard.
Bible in Basic English
For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.
Common New Testament
for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard."
Daniel Mace New Testament
for we cannot avoid publishing what we have seen and heard.
Darby Translation
for as for us we cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.
Godbey New Testament
for we are not able not to speak those things which we have seen and heard.
Goodspeed New Testament
for we cannot help telling of what we have seen and heard."
John Wesley New Testament
For we cannot but speak the things, which we have seen and heard.
Julia Smith Translation
For we cannot, the things we have seen and heard, not speak.
King James 2000
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Modern King James verseion
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For we cannot but speak that which we have seen and heard."
Moffatt New Testament
Certainly we cannot give up speaking of what we have seen and heard."
Montgomery New Testament
but for our part, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard."
NET Bible
for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard."
New Heart English Bible
for we cannot help telling the things which we saw and heard."
Noyes New Testament
For we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
Sawyer New Testament
for we cannot but tell what we have seen and heard.
The Emphasized Bible
For, we, cannot but be speaking the things which we have seen and heard.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For we cannot refrain from speaking the things which we have seen and heard.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Judge for yourselves, for we cannot help speaking of what we have seen and heard."
Webster
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Weymouth New Testament
As for us, what we have seen and heard we cannot help speaking about."
Williams New Testament
for we cannot keep from telling what we have seen and heard."
World English Bible
for we can't help telling the things which we saw and heard."
Worrell New Testament
for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard."
Worsley New Testament
for we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Youngs Literal Translation
for we cannot but speak what we did see and hear.'
Themes
Caiaphas » Peter and other disciples accused before
Christian ministers » Faithful » Apostles
Conscience » Faithful » Of peter, in declaring the whole counsel of God
Courage » Examples of » Christ
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Peter and other disciples
Courageous reformers » Peter and john before the sanhedrin
Court » Accused spoke in his own defense
Duty » Pressure of » It makes the message imperative
religious Intolerance » The jewish leaders » In persecuting the disciples
Leaders » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Peter and john before the sanhedrin
Missionary-work by ministers » Obligations to engage in
Peter » Empowered » Enduing him with boldness and courage
Peter » Accused by the council; his defense
Power » Of testimony » Becomes irrepressible
Pressure of duty » It makes the message imperative
Priest » Miscellaneous facts concerning » Reprove and threaten peter and john
Courageous reformers » Rebuke sinful rulers » Peter and john before the sanhedrin
Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Peter and john before the sanhedrin
Seven » Example of steadfastness » Peter and john
Stability » Seven notable examples of » Peter and john
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » Peter and john
religious Testimony » Withheld special marks of true » Becomes irrepressible
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 4:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Peter And John On Trial Before The Sanhedrin
19 But Peter and John answered [and] said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than God, you decide! 20 For we are not able to refrain from speaking about [the things] that we have seen and heard." 21 So [after] threatening [them] further, they released them, finding no way to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.
Cross References
Acts 22:15
because you will be a witness for him to all people of what you have seen and heard.
1 John 1:1-3
What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched, concerning the word of life--
Numbers 22:38
Balaam said to Balak, "Look, I came to you now. Am I really able to speak anything at all? I speak the word that God puts in my mouth."
Numbers 23:20
Behold, I have received [a command] to bless; when he has blessed, I cannot cause it to return.
2 Samuel 23:2
"The spirit of Yahweh speaks through me, and his word [is] upon my tongue.
Job 32:18-20
for I am full of words; {the spirit within me} urges me.
Jeremiah 1:7
But Yahweh said to me, "You must not say, 'I [am] a youth,' for to {whomever} I send you, you will go, and {whatever} I command you, you will speak.
Jeremiah 1:17-19
But you, you must gird your loins, and stand, and speak to them all that I command you. {Do not be afraid of them}, or I will shatter you {before} them.
Jeremiah 4:19
My bowels, my bowels! I writhe! The walls of my heart! My heart is restless within me, I cannot keep silent, for I hear [in] my inner self the sound of a horn, [the] alarm of war.
Jeremiah 6:11
But I am full with the wrath of Yahweh, I struggle to hold [it] in. Pour [it] out on [the] children in the street, and on the assemblies of young men at the same time. For even husband with wife will get trapped, [the] old with [him who is] full of days.
Jeremiah 20:9
But [if] I say, "I will not mention him and I will no longer speak in his name," then it becomes in my heart like a fire burning, locked up in my bones, and I struggle to contain [it], and I am not able.
Ezekiel 3:11
And come, go to the exiles, to the children of your people, and you must speak to them, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh!' whether they listen or whether they fail [to listen]."
Ezekiel 3:14-21
And [the] Spirit lifted me and took me, and I went [in] bitterness in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Yahweh [was] strong on me.
Micah 3:8
But I, I am filled [with] power, with the Spirit of Yahweh, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his rebellion, and to Israel his sin.
Luke 1:2
just as those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning passed on to us,
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power [when] the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest part of the earth."
Acts 1:22
beginning from the baptism of John until the day [on] which he was taken up from us--one of these [men] must become a witness of his resurrection together with us."
Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit gave them [ability] to speak out.
Acts 2:32
This Jesus God raised up, of which we all are witnesses.
Acts 3:15
And you killed the originator of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses!
Acts 5:32
And we are witnesses of these things, and [so is] the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him."
Acts 10:39-41
And we [are] witnesses of all [the things] that he did both in the land of the Judeans and in Jerusalem, whom they also executed [by] hanging [him] on a tree.
Acts 17:16-17
Now while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was provoked within him [when he] observed the city was full of idols.
Acts 18:5
Now when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began to be occupied with the message, solemnly testifying to the Jews [that] the Christ was Jesus.
1 Corinthians 9:16-17
For if I proclaim the gospel, it is not to me a reason for boasting, for necessity is imposed on me. For woe is to me if I do not proclaim the gospel.
Hebrews 2:3-4
how will we escape [if we] neglect so great a salvation which had [its] beginning [when it] was spoken through the Lord [and] was confirmed to us by those who heard,