Acts 4:21

God's Word

The authorities threatened them even more and then let them go. Since all the people were praising God for what had happened, the authorities couldn’t find any way to punish Peter and John.

Cross References

Matthew 15:31

The crowd was amazed to see mute people talking, the disabled cured, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. So they praised the God of Israel.

Matthew 21:46

They wanted to arrest him but were afraid of the crowds, who thought he was a prophet.

Matthew 26:5

But they said, “We shouldn’t arrest him during the festival, or else there may be a riot among the people.”

Matthew 9:33

But as soon as the demon was forced out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “We have never seen anything like this in Israel!”

Matthew 9:8

When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe and praised God for giving such authority to humans.

Luke 13:17

As he said this, everyone who opposed him felt ashamed. But the entire crowd was happy about the miraculous things he was doing.

Luke 20:19

The experts in Moses’ Teachings and the chief priests wanted to arrest him right there, but they were afraid of the people. They knew that he had directed this illustration at them.

Luke 20:6

But if we say, ‘from humans,’ everyone will stone us to death. They’re convinced that John was a prophet.”

Luke 22:2

The chief priests and the experts in Moses’ Teachings were looking for some way to kill Jesus. However, they were afraid of the people.

Luke 5:26

Everyone was amazed and praised God. They were filled with awe and said, “We’ve seen things today we can hardly believe!”

Acts 4:17

So let’s threaten them. Let’s tell them that they must never speak to anyone about the one named Jesus. Then the news about the miracle that they have performed will not spread any further among the people.”

Acts 4:22

(The man who was healed by this miracle was over 40 years old.)

Acts 5:13

None of the other people dared to join them, although everyone spoke highly of them.

Acts 5:26

Then the officer of the temple guards went with some of his men to bring back the apostles without using force. After all, the officer and his guards were afraid that the people would stone them to death for using force.

Acts 5:40

The council took his advice. They called the apostles, beat them, ordered them not to speak about the one named Jesus, and let them go.