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12 aNor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”  

The Name of Jesus Forbidden

13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, aand perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.  
14 And seeing the man who had been healed astanding with them, they could say nothing against it.  
15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
16 saying, a“What shall we do to these men? For, indeed, that a1 notable miracle has been done through them is bevident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.  
17 But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name.”
18 aSo they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.  
19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, a“Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge.  
20 aFor we cannot but speak the things which bwe have seen and heard.”  
21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way of punishing them, abecause of the people, since they all bglorified God for cwhat had been done.  
22 For the man was over forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed.

Prayer for Boldness

23 And being let go, athey went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.  
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Acts 4:14

They could say nothing ... - The presence of the man that was healed was an unanswerable fact in proof of the truth of what the apostles alleged. The miracle was so public, clear, and decisive; the man that was healed was so well known, that there was no evasion or subterfuge by which they could escape the conclusion to which the apostles were conducting them. It evinced no little gratitude in the man that was healed that he was present on this occasion, and showed that he was deeply interested in what befell his benefactors. The miracles of Jesus and his apostles were such that they could not be denied, and hence, the Jews did not attempt to deny that they performed them. Compare Matthew 12:24; John 11:45-46; Acts 19:36.




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