Acts 4:21

World English Bible (2000)

When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

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  • Acts 5:26 : 26 Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.
  • Matt 9:8 : 8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
  • Matt 21:46 : 46 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
  • Luke 20:6 : 6 But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."
  • Luke 20:19 : 19 The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.
  • Luke 22:2 : 2 The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.
  • John 12:18-19 : 18 For this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he had done this sign. 19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him."
  • Acts 3:6-9 : 6 But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!" 7 He took him by the right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength. 8 Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God. 9 All the people saw him walking and praising God.
  • Acts 4:17 : 17 But so that this spreads no further among the people, let's threaten them, that from now on they don't speak to anyone in this name."
  • Matt 26:5 : 5 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."
  • Luke 5:26 : 26 Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen strange things today."
  • Luke 13:17 : 17 As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
  • Luke 19:47-48 : 47 He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him. 48 They couldn't find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.
  • Matt 9:33 : 33 When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!"
  • Matt 15:31 : 31 so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing--and they glorified the God of Israel.
  • Acts 5:40 : 40 They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

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    13Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

    14Seeing the man who 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? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can't deny it.

    17But so that this spreads no further among the people, let's threaten them, that from now on they don't speak to anyone in this name."

    18They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

    19But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,

    20for we can't help telling the things which we saw and heard."

  • Acts 5:39-41
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    39But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!"

    40They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

    41They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus' name.

  • Acts 4:22-24
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    22For the man on whom this miracle of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

    23Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

    24When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, "O Lord, you are God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;

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    3Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

  • Acts 4:7-9
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    7When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"

    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

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    35But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, "Let those men go."

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    24And they glorified God in me.

  • Acts 5:25-27
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    25One came and told them, "Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people."

    26Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

    27When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

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

    10They recognized him, that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

    11As the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

    12When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, "You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?

  • Acts 16:22-23
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    22The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

    23When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,

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    18Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them.

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    31When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

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    27When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

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    21When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

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    3They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening.

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    46For they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,

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    13None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them.

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    4When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.

  • Acts 21:20
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    20They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.

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    43Immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.

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    33After they had spent some time there, they were sent back with greetings from the brothers to the apostles.

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    53and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

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    29Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

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    39and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.

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    21They said to him, "We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.

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    40For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn't be able to give an account of this commotion."

  • Acts 5:29
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    29But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.

  • Acts 15:12
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    12All the multitude kept silence, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul reporting what signs and wonders God had done among the nations through them.

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    4But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.

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    8But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.