Acts 4:21

Contemporary English Version 1995

The officials could not find any reason to punish Peter and John. So they threatened them and let them go. The man who was healed by this miracle was more than 40 years old, and everyone was praising God for what had happened.

Cross References

Acts 5:26

The captain went with some of the temple police and brought the apostles back. But they did not use force. They were afraid that the people might start throwing stones at them.

Luke 22:2

The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were looking for a way to get rid of Jesus, because they were afraid of what the people might do.

Luke 20:19

The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses knew that Jesus was talking about them when he was telling this story. They wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the people.

Luke 20:6

And we can't say it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize. The crowd will stone us to death, because they think John was a prophet.”

Matthew 21:46

So they looked for a way to arrest Jesus. But they were afraid to, because the people thought he was a prophet.

Matthew 9:8

When the crowds saw this, they were afraid and praised God for giving such authority to people.

Acts 5:40

and they called the apostles back in. They had them beaten with a whip and warned them not to speak in the name of Jesus. Then they let them go.

Acts 4:17

But to keep this thing from spreading, we will warn them never again to speak to anyone about the name of Jesus.”

Luke 13:17

Jesus' words made his enemies ashamed. But everyone else in the crowd was happy about the wonderful things he was doing.

Luke 5:26

Everyone was amazed and praised God. What they saw surprised them, and they said, “We have seen a great miracle today!”

Matthew 26:5

But they said, “We must not do it during Passover, because the people will riot.”

Matthew 15:31

Everyone was amazed at what they saw and heard. People who had never spoken could now speak. The lame were healed, the paralyzed could walk, and the blind were able to see. Everyone was praising the God of Israel.

Matthew 9:33

After Jesus had forced the demon out, the man started talking. The crowds were so amazed they began saying, “Nothing like this has ever happened in Israel!”

Acts 5:13

No one outside their group dared join them, even though everyone liked them very much.