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Acts 4:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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 to him they yielded, and having called the apostles, they beat and charged [them] not to speak on the name of Jesus, and let them go. (Acts 5:40)

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Acts 5:39• ³⁹but if it is of God ye will not be able to overthrow them, lest ye be found [even] fighting against God. (Acts 5:39)

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Psa. 2:1‑4• ¹Why have the heathen raged,{HR}And do the people meditate a vain thing?
²The kings of the earth set themselves,{HR}And the princes have consulted together,{HR}Against Jehovah and against his anointed:
³"Let us break their bands,{HR}And cast away their cords from us."
⁴He who sitteth in the heavens laugheth:{HR}The Lord derideth them. (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 not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias says, “Lord, who believed our report?”
¹⁷Therefore faith [is] by report, but the report through God's word.
¹⁸But I say, Have they not heard? Nay, rather “Unto all the earth went out their voice, and unto the ends of the habitable earth their words.” (Rom. 10:16‑18)

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Rom. 15:18‑22• ¹⁸For I will not dare to speak of anything of what Christ has wrought not by me for [the] obedience of [the] Gentiles by word and deed,
¹⁹in [the] power of signs and wonders, in [the] power of [the Holy] Spirit; so that, from Jerusalem and in a circle as far as Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ,
²⁰yet so making it a point of honour to preach, not where Christ was named, that I might not build upon another's foundation:
²¹but even as it is written, “They to whom it was not told concerning him shall see, and they who have not heard shall understand.”
²²Wherefore also I have been these many times hindered from coming to you; (Rom. 15:18‑22)

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

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Acts 4:21,29‑30• ²¹And they having further threatened them let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them on account of the people, because all were glorifying God for what had been done.
²⁹And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word
³⁰while thou stretchest forth thy hand for healing, and that signs and wonders be done by the name of thy holy servant Jesus. (Acts 4:21,29‑30)

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Acts 5:24,28,40• ²⁴And when both [the priest and] the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were utterly perplexed about them whereto this would come.
²⁸saying, We strictly charged you not to teach on this name; and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and purpose to bring upon us the blood of this man.
⁴⁰And to him they yielded, and having called the apostles, they beat and charged [them] not to speak on the name of Jesus, and let them go. (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 inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.
⁹For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children [that] will not hear the law of Jehovah;
¹⁰that 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 ye should be officers in the house of Jehovah, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
²⁷Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
²⁸For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
²⁹And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
³⁰Then came the word of Jehovah 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 caused you to trust in a lie:
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 behold the good that I will do for my people, saith Jehovah; because he hath taught rebellion against Jehovah. (Jer. 29:25‑32)

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Jer. 38:4• ⁴Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: 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• ¹²Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
¹³but prophesy not again anymore at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.
¹⁴And Amos answered and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an 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.
¹⁶Now therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
¹⁷Therefore thus saith Jehovah: thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. (Amos 7:12‑17)

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Mic. 2:6‑7• ⁶Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
⁷O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened? 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 together a council, and said, What do we, for this man doeth many signs?
⁴⁸[and] if we leave him thus, all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation. (John 11:47‑48)

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1 Thess. 2:15‑16• ¹⁵who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and please not God, and [are] contrary to all men,
¹⁶forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, to fill up their sins alway; but the wrath is 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.

JND Translation Notes

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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.