Acts 4:18
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New International Version (©2011)
Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So they called the apostles back in and commanded them never again to speak or teach in the name of Jesus.

English Standard Version (©2001)
So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
And when they had summoned them, they commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
So they called for them and ordered them not to preach or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

International Standard Version (©2012)
So they called Peter and John back in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

NET Bible (©2006)
And they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And they called them and ordered them that they should not speak at all neither teach in the name of Yeshua.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They called Peter and John and ordered them never to teach about Jesus or even mention his name.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

American King James Version
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

American Standard Version
And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And calling them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus.

Darby Bible Translation
And having called them, they charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

English Revised Version
And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus.

Weymouth New Testament
So they recalled the Apostles, and ordered them altogether to give up speaking or teaching in the name of Jesus.

World English Bible
They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

Young's Literal Translation
And having called them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus,

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.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 18. - Charged for commanded, A.V.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they called them,.... From the apartment where they were; or ordered their servants to call them in to them:

and commanded them not to speak at all; either privately or publicly, in the ministry of the word, or in working of miracles, in the city, or in the country:

nor teach in the name of Jesus; any doctrine whatever; or "the name of Jesus", as the Arabic version reads; that is, the doctrine of Jesus, that which respects his person, his carnation, his offices, his sufferings, death, and resurrection from the dead.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

18-22. Whether it be right … to hearken to you more than … God, judge ye.

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Peter and John Threatened, Released
…17But that it spread no further among the people, let us straightly threaten them, that they speak from now on to no man in this name. 18And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. 19But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, judge you. …

Exodus 1:17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
Amos 7:13 Don't prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king's sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom."
Acts 5:28 "We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name," he said. "Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man's blood."