King James Version (KJV)
Acts 4:17
“But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.”
Verse in context — Acts 4
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But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
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Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them [is] manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny [it].
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But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
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And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
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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.
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