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Acts 4:21 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done. "
Acts 4:21
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But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.
And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
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Acts 4:1
"And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,"
Acts 4:2
"Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead."
Acts 4:3
"And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide."
Acts 4:4
"Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand."
Acts 4:5
"And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,"
Acts 4:6
"And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem."
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