18And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
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And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: …
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-22)We have here the issue of the trial of Peter and John before the council. They came off now with flying colours, because they must be trained up to sufferings by degrees, and by less trials be prepared for greater. They now but run with the footmen ; hereafter we shall have them contending with horses , Jer. 12:5. I. Here is the consultation and resolution of the court about this matter, and their…
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