Acts 4:13-22 - The Name Forbidden

¹³ Now, when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and plain men, they were astonished; and they also recognized them, that they had been with Jesus; ¹⁴ and, seeing the man who had been cured standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply. ¹⁵ But, having commanded them to go aside out of the Sanhedrin, they consulted with one another, ¹⁶ saying: What shall we do with these men? For that an evident sign has been done by them, is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we can not deny it. ¹⁷ But that it may spread no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, so that they speak no more to any man in this name. ¹⁸ And they called them in, and commanded them to speak no more at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus.

¹⁹ Bat Peter and John answering them, said: Whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you rather than God, judge you. ²⁰ For we can not but speak the things that we have seen and heard.

²¹ And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing for which they could punish them, because of the people; for they all glorified God on ac count of that which had been done; ²² for the man on whom this sign of healing had been performed was more than forty years old.