Acts 4:23

Acts 4:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
• New International Version (NIV)On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

Context of Acts 4:23

21After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened. 22For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old. On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them. 24When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them. 25You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Acts 4:23 word by word

Ἀπολυθέντες δὲ ἦλθον πρὸς τοὺς ἰδίους καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν ὅσα πρὸς αὐτοὺς οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι εἶπαν.Read the interlinear

• ·δέde · thenG1161
• On their releaseἀπολύωapoluō · to release: releaseG630
• returnedἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• own peopleἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• reportedἀπαγγέλλωapaggellō · to announceG518
• everything thatὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• chief priestsἀρχιερεύςarchiereus · high-priestG749
• eldersπρεσβύτεροςpresbuteros · elder (leader)G4245
• had saidεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Acts 4:23

• Acts 1:13When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
• Acts 2:44All the believers were together and had everything in common.
• Acts 12:11Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
• Acts 16:40After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house to see the brothers and encourage them. Then they left the city.
• Psalms 16:3As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
• Psalms 42:4These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
• Psalms 119:63I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
• Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
• Malachi 3:16At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
• 2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

Commentaries on Acts 4:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23They went to their own company - This was properly the first persecution that had been raised up against the Church since the resurrection of Christ; and as the rest of the disciples must have known that Peter and John had been cast into prison, and that they were to be examined before the sanhedrin, and knowing the evil disposition of the rulers toward their brethren, they doubtless made joint supplication to God for their safety. In this employment it…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Their own company - They joined the other apostles and Christians, Acts 2:44-45. And reported … - It doubtless became a subject of interesting inquiry what they should do in this case. They had been threatened by the highest authority of the nation, and commanded not to preach again in the name of Jesus. Whether they should obey them and be silent, or whether they should leave Jerusalem and preach elsewhere, could not but be an interesting subject of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-31Verses 23-31 Christ's followers do best in company, provided it is their own company. It encourages God's servants, both in doing work, and suffering work, that they serve the God who made all things, and therefore has the disposal of all events; and the Scriptures must be fulfilled. Jesus was anointed to be a Saviour, therefore it was determined he should be a sacrifice, to make atonement for sin. But sin is not the less evil for God's bringing good out…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-31The believers heard the report that their leaders had been threatened and commanded never again to speak about Jesus (4:18). The Christian movement was clearly under attack from the religious authorities, so they united in prayer. They turned to God, sharing their troubles and asking for courage to speak the message. They also asked God to send signs and wonders to confirm that the message was true. God answered their request in a clear and powerful way.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-3723-30. being let go, they went to their own company--Observe the two opposite classes, representing the two interests which were about to come into deadly conflict.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 4:23

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• Acts of the Apostles
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Commentaries on Acts 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings