21So 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.
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Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
Commentary
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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