Acts 4:17

Good News Translation

But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn these men never again to speak to anyone in the name of Jesus.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 38:4

Then the officials went to the king and said, “This man must be put to death. By talking like this he is making the soldiers in the city lose their courage, and he is doing the same thing to everyone else left in the city. He is not trying to help the people; he only wants to hurt them.”

Amos 2:12

But you made the nazirites drink wine, and ordered the prophets not to speak my message.

Matthew 27:64

Give orders, then, for his tomb to be carefully guarded until the third day, so that his disciples will not be able to go and steal the body, and then tell the people that he was raised from death. This last lie would be even worse than the first one.”

Matthew 9:30

and their sight was restored. Jesus spoke sternly to them, “Don't tell this to anyone!”

John 15:21

But they will do all this to you because you are mine; for they do not know the one who sent me.

Acts 4:21

So the Council warned them even more strongly and then set them free. They saw that it was impossible to punish them, because the people were all praising God for what had happened.

Acts 5:24

When the chief priests and the officer in charge of the Temple guards heard this, they wondered what had happened to the apostles.

Acts 5:28

“We gave you strict orders not to teach in the name of this man,” he said; “but see what you have done! You have spread your teaching all over Jerusalem, and you want to make us responsible for his death!”

Ephesians 6:9

Masters, behave in the same way toward your slaves and stop using threats. Remember that you and your slaves belong to the same Master in heaven, who judges everyone by the same standard.

1 Thessalonians 1:8

For not only did the message about the Lord go out from you throughout Macedonia and Achaia, but the news about your faith in God has gone everywhere. There is nothing, then, that we need to say.

1 Peter 2:23

When he was insulted, he did not answer back with an insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but placed his hopes in God, the righteous Judge.