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

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Acts 5:40• ⁴⁰And they listened to his advice; and having called the apostles, they beat them, and enjoined them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them. (Acts 5:40)

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Acts 5:39• ³⁹but if it be from God, ye will not be able to put them down, lest ye be found also fighters against God. (Acts 5:39)

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Psa. 2:1‑4• ¹Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
²The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed:
³Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us!
⁴He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision. (Psa. 2:1‑4)

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Dan. 2:34‑35• ³⁴Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands; and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.
³⁵Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken in pieces together, and they became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. (Dan. 2:34‑35)

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Rom. 10:16‑18• ¹⁶But they have not all obeyed the glad tidings. For Esaias says, Lord, who has believed our report?
¹⁷So faith then is by a report, but the report by God's word.
¹⁸But I say, Have they not heard? Yea, surely, Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the extremities of the habitable world. (Rom. 10:16‑18)

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Rom. 15:18‑22• ¹⁸For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not wrought by me, for the obedience of the nations, by word and deed,
¹⁹in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circuit round to Illyricum, have fully preached the glad tidings of the Christ;
²⁰and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;
²¹but according as it is written, To whom there was nothing told concerning him, they shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand.
²²Wherefore also I have been often hindered from coming to you. (Rom. 15:18‑22)

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1 Thess. 1:8• ⁸for the word of the Lord sounded out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith which is towards God has gone abroad, so that we have no need to say anything; (1 Thess. 1:8)

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Acts 4:21,29‑30• ²¹But they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way how they might punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for what had taken place;
²⁹And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,
³⁰in that thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and that signs and wonders take place through the name of thy holy servant Jesus. (Acts 4:21,29‑30)

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Acts 5:24,28,40• ²⁴And when they heard these words, both the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests were in perplexity as to them, what this would come to.
²⁸saying, We strictly enjoined you not to teach in this name: and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and purpose to bring upon us the blood of this man.
⁴⁰And they listened to his advice; and having called the apostles, they beat them, and enjoined them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them. (Acts 5:24,28,40)

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2 Chron. 25:15‑16• ¹⁵And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, Why dost thou seek after the gods of a people who have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?
¹⁶And it came to pass as he talked with him, that Amaziah said to him, Hast thou been made the king's counsellor? Forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbore, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel. (2 Chron. 25:15‑16)

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Isa. 30:8‑11• ⁸Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and record it in a book, that it may be for the time to come, as a witness for ever,
⁹that this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah;
¹⁰who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things; speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits;
¹¹get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us! (Isa. 30:8‑11)

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Jer. 20:1‑3• ¹And Pashur the son of Immer, the priest--and he was chief officer in the house of Jehovah--heard Jeremiah prophesy these things.
²And Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.
³And it came to pass the next day, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks; and Jeremiah said unto him, Jehovah hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib. (Jer. 20:1‑3)

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Jer. 29:25‑32• ²⁵Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
²⁶Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there should be officers in the house of Jehovah, over every madman and self-made prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in the shackles.
²⁷And now, why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who maketh himself a prophet to you?
²⁸Forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying, It will be long; build houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
²⁹--And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of the prophet Jeremiah.
³⁰And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, saying,
³¹Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in falsehood;
³²therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he see the good that I will do for my people, saith Jehovah; because he hath spoken revolt against Jehovah. (Jer. 29:25‑32)

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Jer. 38:4• ⁴And the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; for why should he weaken the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking to them according to these words? for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. (Jer. 38:4)

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Amos 2:12• ¹²And ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. (Amos 2:12)

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Amos 7:12‑17• ¹²And Amaziah said unto Amos, Thou seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there.
¹³But prophesy not again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom.
¹⁴And Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit.
¹⁵And Jehovah took me as I followed the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
¹⁶And now hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and utter not words against the house of Isaac.
¹⁷Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided with the line; and thou shalt die in a land that is unclean; and Israel shall certainly go into captivity, out of his land. (Amos 7:12‑17)

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Mic. 2:6‑7• ⁶Prophesy ye not, they prophesy. If they do not prophesy to these, the ignominy will not depart.
⁷O thou that art named the house of Jacob, Is Jehovah impatient? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? (Mic. 2:6‑7)

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Matt. 27:64• ⁶⁴Command therefore that the sepulchre be secured until the third day, lest his disciples should come and steal him away, and say to the people, He is risen from the dead; and the last error shall be worse than the first. (Matt. 27:64)

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John 11:47‑48• ⁴⁷The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.
⁴⁸If we let him thus alone, all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation. (John 11:47‑48)

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1 Thess. 2:15‑16• ¹⁵who have both slain the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out by persecution, and do not please God, and are against all men,
¹⁶forbidding us to speak to the nations that they may be saved, that they may fill up their sins always: but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost. (1 Thess. 2:15‑16)

• {v.16-17} We may remark here, that Satan had Sadducean instruments arrayed against the doctrine of the resurrection, as he had Pharisees as suited instruments against a living Christ. We must expect the well-ordered opposition of Satan against the truth. (“Acts 3-4” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severelyf no longer to speak to any man in this name.

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Lit. "with threat."

W. Kelly Translation

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But that it be not spread farther among the people, let us threaten them severelya to speak to no man longer inb this name.

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Lit., "with threat."

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Lit., "on," as also vs. 18.