Acts 4:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.

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  • Acts 5:26 : 26 Then the commander of the temple guard went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force(for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).
  • Matt 9:8 : 8 When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.
  • Matt 21:46 : 46 They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.
  • Luke 20:6 : 6 But if we say,‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
  • Luke 20:19 : 19 Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.
  • Luke 22:2 : 2 The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.
  • John 12:18-19 : 18 Because they had heard that Jesus had performed this miraculous sign, the crowd went out to meet him. 19 Thus the Pharisees said to one another,“You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!”
  • Acts 3:6-9 : 6 But Peter said,“I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, stand up and walk!” 7 Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong. 8 He jumped up, stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 All the people saw him walking and praising God,
  • Acts 4:17 : 17 But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.”
  • Matt 26:5 : 5 But they said,“Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”
  • Luke 5:26 : 26 Then astonishment seized them all, and they glorified God. They were filled with awe, saying,“We have seen incredible things today.”
  • Luke 13:17 : 17 When he said this all his adversaries were humiliated, but the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things he was doing.
  • Luke 19:47-48 : 47 Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him, 48 but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.
  • Matt 9:33 : 33 After the demon was cast out, the man who had been mute began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said,“Never has anything like this been seen in Israel!”
  • Matt 15:31 : 31 As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.
  • Acts 5:40 : 40 and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

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  • Acts 4:13-20
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    13When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.

    14And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this.

    15But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, they began to confer with one another,

    16saying,“What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.

    17But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.”

    18And they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

    19But Peter and John replied,“Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

    20for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”

  • Acts 5:39-41
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    39but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,

    40and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

    41So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

  • Acts 4:22-24
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    22For the man, on whom this miraculous sign of healing had been performed, was over forty years old.

    23The Followers of Jesus Pray for Boldness When they were released, Peter and John went to their fellow believers and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.

    24When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said,“Master of all, you who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,

  • Acts 14:3
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    3So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.

  • Acts 4:7-9
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    7After making Peter and John stand in their midst, they began to inquire,“By what power or by what name did you do this?”

    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied,“Rulers of the people and elders,

    9if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man– by what means this man was healed–

  • Acts 16:35
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    35At daybreak the magistrates sent their police officers, saying,“Release those men.”

  • Gal 1:24
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    24So they glorified God because of me.

  • Acts 5:25-27
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    25But someone came and reported to them,“Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts and teaching the people!”

    26Then the commander of the temple guard went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force(for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).

    27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

  • Acts 3:9-12
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    9All the people saw him walking and praising God,

    10and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him.

    11Peter Addresses the Crowd While the man was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon’s Portico.

    12When Peter saw this, he declared to the people,“Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety?

  • Acts 16:22-23
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    22The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

    23After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.

  • Acts 14:18
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    18Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.

  • Acts 4:31
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    31When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously.

  • Acts 14:27
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    27When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

  • Acts 5:21-22
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    21When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin– that is, the whole high council of the Israelites– and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.

    22But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,

  • Acts 4:3
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    3So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day(for it was already evening).

  • Acts 10:46
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    46for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,

  • Acts 5:13
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    13None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high honor.

  • Acts 15:4
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    4When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them.

  • Acts 21:20
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    20When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him,“You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.

  • Luke 18:43
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    43And immediately he regained his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they too gave praise to God.

  • Acts 15:33
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    33After they had spent some time there, they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them.

  • Luke 24:53
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    53and were continually in the temple courts blessing God.

  • Acts 4:29
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    29And now, Lord, pay attention to their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage,

  • Acts 16:39
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    39and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.

  • Acts 28:21
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    21They replied,“We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.

  • Acts 19:40
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    40For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”

  • Acts 5:29
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    29But Peter and the apostles replied,“We must obey God rather than people.

  • Acts 15:12
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    12The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

  • Luke 14:4
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    4But they remained silent. So Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away.

  • Matt 9:8
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    8When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men.