Acts 4:20

American Standard Version (1901)

for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.

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  • Acts 22:15 : 15 For thou shalt be a witness for him unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
  • Jer 20:9 : 9 And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot [contain] .
  • Ezek 3:11 : 11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
  • Acts 5:32 : 32 And we are witnesses of these things; and [so is] the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
  • Mic 3:8 : 8 But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
  • Num 22:38 : 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
  • Num 23:20 : 20 Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
  • Job 32:18-20 : 18 For I am full of words; The spirit within me constraineth me. 19 Behold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst. 20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.
  • Jer 1:7 : 7 But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.
  • Jer 1:17-19 : 17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them. 18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. 19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.
  • Jer 4:19 : 19 My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
  • 1 Cor 9:16-17 : 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel. 17 For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me.
  • 1 John 1:1-3 : 1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life 2 (and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal [life], which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us); 3 that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:
  • Heb 2:3-4 : 3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard; 4 God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
  • Acts 2:32 : 32 This Jesus did God raise up, whereof we all are witnesses.
  • Acts 3:15 : 15 and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
  • Jer 6:11 : 11 Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
  • 2 Sam 23:2 : 2 The Spirit of Jehovah spake by me, And his word was upon my tongue.
  • Ezek 3:14-21 : 14 So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me. 15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and to where they dwelt; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days. 16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand. 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. 20 Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand. 21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and thou hast delivered thy soul.
  • Luke 1:2 : 2 even as they delivered them unto us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
  • Acts 1:8 : 8 But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
  • Acts 10:39-41 : 39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom also they slew, hanging him on a tree. 40 Him God raised up the third day, and gave him to be made manifest, 41 not to all the people, but unto witnesses that were chosen before of God, [even] to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
  • Acts 17:16-17 : 16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with them that met him.
  • Acts 18:5 : 5 But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
  • Acts 1:22 : 22 beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    13Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

    14And seeing the man that was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

    15But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

    16saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been wrought through them, is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

    17But that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

    18And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

    19But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken unto you rather than unto God, judge ye:

  • Acts 4:21
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    21And they, when they had further threatened them, let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people; for all men glorified God for that which was done.

  • Acts 5:28-29
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    28saying, We strictly charged you not to teach in this name: and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

    29But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

  • John 3:11
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    11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

  • Acts 4:8-9
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    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders,

    9if we this day are examined concerning a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this man is made whole;

  • 2 Cor 13:8
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    8For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

  • Acts 5:32
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    32And we are witnesses of these things; and [so is] the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

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    40For indeed we are in danger to be accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause [for it] : and as touching it we shall not be able to give account of this concourse.

  • Acts 22:15
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    15For thou shalt be a witness for him unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

  • 2 Cor 4:13
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    13But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, and therefore did I speak; we also believe, and therefore also we speak;

  • 2 Pet 1:16
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    16For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

  • Acts 10:46-47
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    46For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

    47Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?

  • 1 Thess 2:4
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    4but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.

  • Acts 28:22
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    22But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.

  • Luke 20:6
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    6But if we shall say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

  • Acts 14:3
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    3Long time therefore they tarried [there] speaking boldly in the Lord, who bare witness unto the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

  • Acts 5:20
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    20Go ye, and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life.

  • Acts 14:15
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    15and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:

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    8And how hear we, every man in our own language wherein we were born?

  • Acts 3:12
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    12And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this man? or why fasten ye your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him to walk?

  • Acts 2:14
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    14But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spake forth unto them, [saying], Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and give ear unto my words.

  • Acts 2:32
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    32This Jesus did God raise up, whereof we all are witnesses.

  • 2 Thess 3:9
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    9not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

  • Acts 2:11
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    11Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our tongues the mighty works of God.

  • Acts 4:29
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    29And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,

  • Acts 5:40
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    40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles unto them, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

  • 1 Thess 2:2
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    2but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.

  • Acts 17:20
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    20For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

  • Col 4:4
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    4that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

  • 1 John 1:3
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    3that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:

  • 2 Pet 1:18
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    18and this voice we [ourselves] heard borne out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.

  • 2 Cor 4:18
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    18while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

  • 2 Cor 4:2
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    2but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

  • 1 Thess 2:10
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    10Ye are witnesses, and God [also], how holily and righteously and unblameably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:

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    12Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

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    4But we will continue stedfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word.

  • Acts 4:23
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    23And being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said unto them.

  • Acts 2:37
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    37Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?

  • Acts 15:27
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    27We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves also shall tell you the same things by word of mouth.

  • Luke 18:28
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    28And Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, and followed thee.

  • 1 Thess 1:5
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    5how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and [in] much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.