Acts 4:17

Acts 4:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
• New International Version (NIV)But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them to speak no longer to anyone in this name.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name."
• New Living Translation (NLT)But to keep them from spreading their propaganda any further, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in Jesus’ name again.”

Context of Acts 4:17

15But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, 16saying, “What shall we do to these men? For, indeed, that a notable miracle has been done through them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name.” 18So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. 19But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.

Acts 4:17 word by word

ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα μὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖον διανεμηθῇ εἰς τὸν λαόν, ἀπειλησώμεθα αὐτοῖς μηκέτι λαλεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ μηδενὶ ἀνθρώπων.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butἀλλάalla · butG235
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• it spreadδιανέμωdianemō · to spreadG1268
• noμήmē · notG3361
• furtherπλείων, πλεῖονpleiōn pleion pleon · greaterG4119
• ·ἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• amongεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the peopleὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• let usἀπειλέωapeileō · to threatenG546
• straitlyἀπειλήapeilē · threatG547
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• that they speakλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• henceforthμηκέτιmēketi · never againG3371
• to noμηδείςmēdeis mēdemia mēden · nothingG3367
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686

Cross-references for Acts 4:17

• Acts 5:39but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it—lest you even be found to fight against God.”
• Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing?
• Daniel 2:34You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
• Romans 10:16But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”
• Romans 15:18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in word and deed, to make the Gentiles obedient—
• 1 Thessalonians 1:8For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything.
• Acts 4:21So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way of punishing them, because of the people, since they all glorified God for what had been done.
• Acts 5:24Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these things, they wondered what the outcome would be.
• 2 Chronicles 25:15Therefore the anger of the Lord was aroused against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of the people, which could not rescue their own people from your hand?”
• Isaiah 30:8Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever:
• Jeremiah 20:1Now Pashhur the son of Immer, the priest who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
• Jeremiah 29:25Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: You have sent letters in your name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
• Jeremiah 38:4Therefore the princes said to the king, “Please, let this man be put to death, for thus he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man does not seek the welfare of this people, but their harm.”
• Amos 2:12“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, And commanded the prophets saying, ‘Do not prophesy!’
• Amos 7:12Then Amaziah said to Amos: “Go, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah. There eat bread, And there prophesy.
• Micah 2:6“Do not prattle,” you say to those who prophesy. So they shall not prophesy to you; They shall not return insult for insult.

Commentaries on Acts 4:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17But that it spread no farther - Not the news of the miraculous healing of the lame man, but the doctrine and influence which these men preach and exert. More than a thousand people had already professed faith in Christ in consequence of this miracle, (see Acts 4:4;), and if this teaching should be permitted to go on, probably accompanied with similar miracles, they had reason to believe that all Jerusalem (themselves excepted, who had steeled their hearts…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-18Verses 15-18 What shall we do to these men? - The object which they had in view was evidently to prevent their preaching. The miracle was performed, and it was believed by the people to have been made. This they could not expect to be able successfully to deny. Their only object, therefore, was to prevent the apostles from making the use which they saw they would to convince the people that Jesus was the Messiah. The question was, in what way they should…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 All the care of the rulers is, that the doctrine of Christ spread not among the people, yet they cannot say it is false or dangerous, or of any ill tendency; and they are ashamed to own the true reason; that it testifies against their hypocrisy, wickedness, and tyranny. Those who know how to put a just value upon Christ's promises, know how to put just contempt upon the world's threatenings. The apostles look with concern on perishing souls…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-18They acknowledged the miracle but still tried to prevent the message. Jesus had experienced similar resistance (Matthew 19:8; Mark 10:5; see also Deuteronomy 10:16; 30:6; Jeremiah 4:4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1713-17. perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men--that is, uninstructed in the learning of the Jewish schools, and of the common sort; men in private life, untrained to teaching. took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus--recognized them as having been in His company; remembering possibly, that they had seen them with Him [Meyer, Bloomfield, Alford]; but, more probably, perceiving in their whole bearing what identified them with…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 4:17

• Caiaphas
• Court
• Government
• Intolerance, Religious
• John
• Persecution
• Peter
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• Counsel
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• Notable
• Possess
• Sanhedrim
• Threaten
• Threatening
• Acts of the Apostles
• Courts, Judicial
• Miracle

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