Acts 4:21

New Living Translation

The council then threatened them further, but they finally let them go because they didn’t know how to punish them without starting a riot. For everyone was praising God

Cross References

Matthew 15:31

The crowd was amazed! Those who hadn’t been able to speak were talking, the crippled were made well, the lame were walking, and the blind could see again! And they praised the God of Israel.

Matthew 21:46

They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, who considered Jesus to be a prophet.

Matthew 26:5

“But not during the Passover celebration,” they agreed, “or the people may riot.”

Matthew 9:33

So Jesus cast out the demon, and then the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed. “Nothing like this has ever happened in Israel!” they exclaimed.

Matthew 9:8

Fear swept through the crowd as they saw this happen. And they praised God for giving humans such authority.

Luke 13:17

This shamed his enemies, but all the people rejoiced at the wonderful things he did.

Luke 20:19

The teachers of religious law and the leading priests wanted to arrest Jesus immediately because they realized he was telling the story against them—they were the wicked farmers. But they were afraid of the people’s reaction.

Luke 20:6

But if we say it was merely human, the people will stone us because they are convinced John was a prophet.”

Luke 22:2

The leading priests and teachers of religious law were plotting how to kill Jesus, but they were afraid of the people’s reaction.

Luke 5:26

Everyone was gripped with great wonder and awe, and they praised God, exclaiming, “We have seen amazing things today!”

Acts 4:17

But to keep them from spreading their propaganda any further, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in Jesus’ name again.”

Acts 4:22

for this miraculous sign—the healing of a man who had been lame for more than forty years.

Acts 5:13

But no one else dared to join them, even though all the people had high regard for them.

Acts 5:26

The captain went with his Temple guards and arrested the apostles, but without violence, for they were afraid the people would stone them.

Acts 5:40

The others accepted his advice. They called in the apostles and had them flogged. Then they ordered them never again to speak in the name of Jesus, and they let them go.