Acts 4:17

Coverdale Bible (1535)

But that it breake out no farther amoge the people, let vs threate them earnestly, that hence forth they speake of this name vnto noman.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλʼ ἵνα μὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖον διανεμηθῇ εἰς τὸν λαόν, ἀπειλῇ ἀπειλησώμεθα αὐτοῖς, μηκέτι λαλεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ μηδενὶ ἀνθρώπων.

Transliteration

But hina not epi pleion dianemēthē to the laon, apeilē apeilēsōmetha them, no longer lalein epi the onomati this to no one of anthrōpōn.

Grammar Details

• *hina*: conjunction - that/so that
• *epi*: preposition + dative - on/in/about
• *pleion*: accusative, neuter, comparative - more/further
• *dianemēthē*: aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd singular - may be spread
• *laon*: accusative, masculine, singular - people
• *apeilē*: dative, feminine, singular - with a threat
• *apeilēsōmetha*: aorist middle subjunctive, 1st plural - let us threaten
• *lalein*: present active infinitive - to speak
• *onomati*: dative, neuter, singular - name
• *anthrōpōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - men/people

Word Meanings

• *pleion*: more/further/any more
• *dianemēthē*: may be spread/distributed/disseminated
• *apeilē* *apeilēsōmetha*: let us strictly threaten/threaten with a threat [Hebraism]
• *lalein*: to speak/talk/preach
• *epi*: on/in/about/concerning

Referenced Verses

• Acts 5:28 : 28 and sayde: Dyd not we comaunde you strately, that ye shulde not teache in this name. And beholde, ye haue fylled Ierusalem with youre doctryne, and ye intede to brynge this mans bloude vpon vs.
• Acts 5:39-40 : 39 but yf it be of God, ye are not able to destroye it, lest ye be founde to be the men, that wil stryue agaynst God. 40 Then they agreed vnto him, and called the Apostles, and bet them, and commaunded them, that they shulde speake nothinge in the name of Iesu, and let them go.
• Rom 10:16-18 : 16 But they are not all obedient vnto the Gospell. For Esaye sayeth: LORDE, who beleueth oure preachinge? 17 So the faith cometh by hearynge, but hearinge cometh by the worde of God. 18 But I saye: Haue they not herde? No doute their sounde wete out into all londes, and their wordes in to the endes of the worlde.
• Rom 15:18-22 : 18 For I durst not speake ought, excepte Christ had wroughte the same by me, to make the Heythen obediet thorow worde and dede, 19 thorow the power of tokens and wonders, and thorow the power of the sprete of God, so that from Ierusale, and roude aboute vnto Illyricon, I haue fylled all with the Gospell of Christ. 20 So haue I enforced myselfe to preach ye Gospell, not where Christes name was knowne, lest I shulde buylde on another mans foundacion, 21 but as it is wrytten: To whom he was not spoken of, they shal se: and they that haue not herde, shal vnderstonde. 22 This is also the cause, wherfore I haue bene oft tymes let to come vnto you.
• 1 Thess 1:8 : 8 For fro you was the worde of the LORDE noysed out, not onely in Macedonia & Achaia, but i all quarters also is yor faith i God spred abrode so that it nedeth not vs to speake eny thinge at all.
• 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 Which as they put the LORDE Iesus to death, and their awne prophetes, euen so haue they persecuted vs also, and please not God, and are cotrary to all men, 16 forbyddinge vs to speake vnto the Heythen that they mighte be saued, to fulfill their synnes allwaye: for the wrath is come vpon them allready vnto ye vttemost.
• 2 Chr 25:15-16 : 15 Then was the LORDE very wroth at Amasias, & sent vnto him a prophet, which sayde vnto him: Why sekest thou the goddes of the people, which coulde not delyuer their folke from yi hande? 16 And whan he talked with him, the kynge sayde vnto him: Haue they made ye of the kynges councell? Ceasse, why wilt thou be smytten? Then the prophet ceassed, & sayde: I perceaue, that the LORDE is mynded to destroye ye, because thou hast done this, and herkenest not vnto my councell.
• Ps 2:1-4 : 1 Why do the Heithe grudge? why do the people ymagyn vayne thinges? 2 The kynges of the earth stode vp, and the rulers are come together, agaynst the LORDE ad agaynst his anoynted. 3 Let vs breake their bondes a sunder, and cast awaye their yocke from vs. 4 Neuerthelesse, he that dwelleth in heauen, shall laugh the to scorne: yee euen the LORDE himselff shall haue them in derision.
• Isa 30:8-9 : 8 Wherfore go hece, and write them this in their tables, and note it in a booke: that it maye remayne by their posterite, and be stil kepte. 9 For it is an obstinate people, vnfaithful children, children that will not heare the lawe of the LORDE. 10 They darre saye to the prophetes: Intromitte youre selues with nothinge, and vnto ye Soythsayers: tell us of nothinge for to come, but speake frendly wordes vnto vs, and preach vs false thinges. 11 Treade out of the waye, go out of the path, turne the holy one of Israel from vs.
• Jer 20:1-3 : 1 When Pashur the preast, the sonne off Emmer, chefe in the house of ye LORDE, herde Ieremy preach so stedfastly: 2 he smote Ieremy, and put him in the stockes, that are by the hie gate of Ben Iamin, in the house of ye LORDE. 3 The nexte daye folowinge, Pashur brought Ieremy out of the stockes agayne. Then sayde Ieremy vnto him: The LORDE shall call the nomore Pashur (that is excellent and increasinge) but Magor (that is fearfull ad afrayed) euery where.
• Jer 29:25-32 : 25 Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel: Because thou hast sealed lettres vnder thy name, vnto all the people that is at Ierusalem, & to Sophonias the sonne of Maasia the prest, yee and sent them to all the prestes: where in thou wrytest thus vnto him: 26 The LORDE hath ordened the to be prest in steade of Ioiada the prest, that thou shuldest be the chefe in the house of the LORDE aboue all prophetes, & preachers, & that thou mightest put them in preson, or in ye stockes. 27 How happeneth it then, that thou hast not reproued Ieremy of Anathot, which neuer leaueth of his prophecienge. 28 And beside all this, he hath sent vs worde vnto Babilon, and tolde vs planely, that oure captiuyte shal longe endure: that we shulde buylde vs houses to dwell therin, & to plante vs gardens, that we might enioye the frutes therof. 29 Which lettre Sophonias the prest dyd rede, and let Ieremy the prophet heare it. 30 Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto Ieremy, sayenge: 31 Sende worde to all them that be in captiuyte, on this maner: Thus hath the LORDE spoken concernynge Semeia ye Nehelamite: Because that Semeia hath prophecied vnto you without my commyssion, & brought you in to a false hope, 32 therfore thus the LORDE doth certifie you: Beholde, I wil vyset Semeia the Nehelamite, & his sede: so that none of his shall remayne amonge this people, & none of them shall se the good, yt I will do for this people, saieth the LORDE. For he hath preached falsely of the LORDE.
• Jer 38:4 : 4 The sayde the prynces vnto ye kynge: Syr, we besech you let this man be put to death, For thus he discorageth the hodes of the soudyers yt be in this cite, & the hodes of all the people, whe he speaketh soch wordes vnto the. This ma verely laboureth not for peace of ye people, but mischefe.
• Dan 2:34-35 : 34 This thou sawest, till the tyme that (with out eny hondes) there was hewen off a stone which smote the ymage vpon the fete, that were both off yron and earth, and brake the to poulder: 35 then was the yron, the earth, the copper, the syluer and golde broken altogether in peces: and became like the chaffe off corne, that the wynde bloweth awaye from ye somer floores, that they ca nomore be foude. But the stone that smote the ymage, became a greate mountayne, which fulfylleth the whole earth:
• Amos 2:12 : 12 But ye gaue the absteyners wyne to drynke, yee ye comaunded the prophetes, sayenge: Prophecy not.
• Amos 7:12-17 : 12 And Amasias sayde vnto Amos: Get the hence (thou that cast se so well) and fle in to the londe of Iuda: get the there thy lyuynge, and prophecy there: 13 and prophecy nomore at Bethel, for it is the kynges chapel, and the kynges courte. 14 Amos answered, and sayde to Amasias: As for me, I am nether prophet, ner prophetes sonne: but a keper of catell. Now as I was breakynge downe molberies, and goynge after the catell, 15 the LORDE toke me, & sayde vnto me: Go thy waye, and prophecy vnto my people of Israel. 16 And therfore, heare thou now the worde off the LORDE: Thou saiest: prophecy not agaynst Israel, and speake nothinge agaynst the house off Isaac. 17 Wherfore thus sayeth the LORDE: Thy wife shalbe defyled in ye cite, yi sonnes and doughters shalbe slayne with the swerde, and thy londe shalbe measured out with the lyne: Thou thy self shalt dye in an vnclene londe, and Israel shalbe dryuen out off his owne countre.
• Mic 2:6-7 : 6 Tush, holde youre tunge (saye they) It shall not fall vpon this people, we shall not come so to confucion, 7 sayeth the house off Iacob. Is the sprete off the LORDE so clene awaye? or is he so mynded? Treuth it is, my wordes are frendly vnto them that lyue right:
• Matt 27:64 : 64 Comaunde therfore that the sepulcre be kepte vnto the thirde daye, lest peraduenture his disciples come, and steale him awaye, and saye vnto the people: He is rysen from the deed, and so shal the last errour be worse the the first.
• John 11:47-48 : 47 Then the hye prestes, and the pharises gathered a councell, and sayde: What do we? This man doth many tokens. 48 Yf we let him go thus, all me wyl beleue in him: the shal the Romaynes come, and take awaye oure londe and people.
• Acts 4:21 : 21 But they threatened them, and let them go, and founde nothinge how to punyshe them because of ye people: for they all praysed God because of that, which was done.
• Acts 4:29-30 : 29 And now LORDE, beholde their threatenynges, and graunte vnto thy seruauntes with all stedfast boldnesse to speake thy worde: 30 and stretch out thine hande, that healinge and tokes and wonders maye be done by the name of thy holy childe Iesus.
• Acts 5:24 : 24 Whan the hye prest, and the rulers of the temple and the other hye prestes herde these wordes, they douted of them, whervnto this wolde growe.