Acts - 4:18



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

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Explanation and meaning of Acts 4:18.

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And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
And calling them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus.
And having called them, they charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
So they recalled the Apostles, and ordered them altogether to give up speaking or teaching in the name of Jesus.
And they sent for them, and gave them orders not to make statements or give teaching in the name of Jesus.
And calling them in, they warned them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
So they called the apostles in, and ordered them not to speak or teach in the name of Jesus.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Not to speaknor teach in the name of Jesus - Any other doctrine, and any other name, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites and infidels will bear, but the doctrine which is according to godliness, proclaiming salvation through the blood of Christ crucified, they will not bear. If their doctrine were not the truth of God it could not be so unpopular; there is such an enmity in human nature against all that is good and true, that whatever comes from God is generally rejected by wicked men.

And they called them,.... From the apartment where they were; or ordered their servants to call them in to them:
and commanded them not to speak at all; either privately or publicly, in the ministry of the word, or in working of miracles, in the city, or in the country:
nor teach in the name of Jesus; any doctrine whatever; or "the name of Jesus", as the Arabic version reads; that is, the doctrine of Jesus, that which respects his person, his carnation, his offices, his sufferings, death, and resurrection from the dead.

Whether it be right . . . to hearken to you more than . . . God, judge ye.

They charged them not to speak - Privately; nor teach - Publicly.

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