Acts 4:13-22 - The Name Forbidden

¹³ And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and understanding that they were illiterate and uneducated men, they marvelled, and took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. ¹⁴ And beholding the man who had been healed, standing with them, they had nothing to say against it. ¹⁵ But having ordered them to go out of the council, they conferred among themselves, ¹⁶ saying, What shall we do to these men? For that indeed a signal miracle hath been wrought by them, is manifest to all that dwell at Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. ¹⁷ Yet that it spread no farther among the people, let us severely threaten them, that they speak no more to any man in this name. ¹⁸ And having called them, they charged them, Not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus.

¹⁹ But Peter and John answering, said to them, Whether it be righteous in the sight of God, to obey you rather than God, judge ye. ²⁰ For we cannot but speak the things, which we have seen and heard.

²¹ And having threatened them again, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people; for they all glorified God for that which was done. ²² For the man on whom this miracle of healing had been wrought, was above forty years old.