Acts 4:13-22 - The Name Forbidden

¹³ And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and supposing that they were illiterate and common men, they wondered, and perceived that they had been with Jesus; ¹⁴ and seeing the man standing with them cured, they could not dispute it. ¹⁵ And commanding them to withdraw from the Sanhedrim, they conferred one with another, ¹⁶ saying, What shall we do to these men? for that a notable miracle has been performed by them is manifest to all that live at Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it; ¹⁷ but that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them severely, [and charge them] to speak no more to any man in this name. ¹⁸ And calling them, they charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

¹⁹ But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you rather than God, judge; ²⁰ for we cannot but tell what we have seen and heard.

²¹ And threatening them still further, they dismissed them, not being able to punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for what was done; ²² for the man was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of the cure was performed.