Acts 4:15
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New International Version (©2011)
So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So they ordered Peter and John out of the council chamber and conferred among themselves.

English Standard Version (©2001)
But when they had commanded them to leave the council, they conferred with one another,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
But when they had ordered them to leave the Council, they began to confer with one another,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
After they had ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin, they conferred among themselves,

International Standard Version (©2012)
So they ordered them to leave the Council and began to discuss the matter among themselves.

NET Bible (©2006)
But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, they began to confer with one another,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
Then they ordered to remove them from their assembly, and they were saying one to another:

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So they ordered Peter and John to leave the council room and began to discuss the matter among themselves.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

American King James Version
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

American Standard Version
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But they commanded them to go aside out of the council; and they conferred among themselves,

Darby Bible Translation
but having commanded them to go out of the council they conferred with one another,

English Revised Version
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

Webster's Bible Translation
But when they had commanded them to withdraw from the council, they conferred among themselves,

Weymouth New Testament
So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin while they conferred among themselves.

World English Bible
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

Young's Literal Translation
and having commanded them to go away out of the sanhedrim, they took counsel with one another,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

4:15-22 All the care of the rulers is, that the doctrine of Christ spread not among the people, yet they cannot say it is false or dangerous, or of any ill tendency; and they are ashamed to own the true reason; that it testifies against their hypocrisy, wickedness, and tyranny. Those who know how to put a just value upon Christ's promises, know how to put just contempt upon the world's threatenings. The apostles look with concern on perishing souls, and know they cannot escape eternal ruin but by Jesus Christ, therefore they are faithful in warning, and showing the right way. None will enjoy peace of mind, nor act uprightly, till they have learned to guide their conduct by the fixed standard of truth, and not by the shifting opinions and fancies of men. Especially beware of a vain attempt to serve two masters, God and the world; the end will be, you can serve neither fully.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But when they had commanded them,.... That is, when the sanhedrim had ordered the apostles; or "commanded that both", as the Arabic version reads, both Peter and John; and, it may be, the man that was healed too:

to go aside out of the council; or place where the council, or sanhedrim sat; which, whether it was in the chamber "Gazith", in the temple where they used to sit (g), or in the shops, or in the city, whither they removed, is not certain. We are told (h), that

"the sanhedrim removed from the chamber Gazith, to the shops, and from the shops to Jerusalem, and from Jerusalem to Jabneh;''

that is, after the destruction of the city. And the first remove was much about this time; for it is said (i), that

"forty years before the destruction of the temple, the sanhedrim removed, and sat in the shops.''

Not in the shops where things were sold for the use of the temple, but in a court adjoining to them, which took its name from them.

They conferred among themselves; what was proper to be done, the apostles being withdrawn.

(g) Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 10. sect. 2. & Middot. c. 5. sect. 3.((h) T. Bab. Roshhashana, fol. 31. 1.((i) T. Bab. Avoda Zara, fol. 8. 2.

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Peter and John Threatened, Released
13Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. 14And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. 15But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, …

Matthew 5:22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, 'Raca,' is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.
Acts 4:14 But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say.