Acts 4:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Jeremiah 38:4

So the four of them went to the king and said, “You should put Jeremiah to death, because he is making the soldiers and everyone else lose hope. He isn't trying to help our people; he's trying to harm them.”

Amos 2:12

But you commanded the prophets not to speak their message, and you pressured the Nazirites into drinking wine.

Matthew 27:64

So please order the tomb to be carefully guarded for three days. If you don't, his disciples may come and steal his body. They will tell the people that he has been raised to life, and this last lie will be worse than the first one.”

Matthew 9:30

They were able to see, and Jesus strictly warned them not to tell anyone about him.

John 15:21

People will do to you exactly what they did to me. They will do it because you belong to me, and they don't know the one who sent me.

Acts 4:21

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 forty years old, and everyone was praising God for what had happened.

Acts 5:24

The captain of the temple police and the chief priests listened to their report, but they did not know what to think about it.

Acts 5:28

“We told you plainly not to teach in the name of Jesus. But look what you have done! You have been teaching all over Jerusalem, and you are trying to blame us for his death.”

Ephesians 6:9

Slave owners, you must treat your slaves with this same respect. Don't threaten them. They have the same Master in heaven that you do, and he doesn't have any favourites.

1 Thessalonians 1:8

And because of you, the Lord's message has spread everywhere in those regions. Now the news of your faith in God is known all over the world, and we don't have to say a thing about it.

1 Peter 2:23

Although he was abused, he never tried to get even. And when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he had faith in God, who judges fairly.