17but that it may spread no further toward the people, let us strictly threaten them no more to speak in this name to any man.'


In Context

14 and seeing the man standing with them who hath been healed, they had nothing to say against it,

15 and having commanded them to go away out of the sanhedrim, they took counsel with one another,

16 saying, 'What shall we do to these men? because that, indeed, a notable sign hath been done through them, to all those dwelling in Jerusalem is manifest, and we are not able to deny it;

17 but that it may spread no further toward the people, let us strictly threaten them no more to speak in this name to any man.'

18 And having called them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus,

19 and Peter and John answering unto them said, 'Whether it is righteous before God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye;

Acts 4:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:17But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn these men to speak no longer to anyone in this name."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:17But that it may be no farther spread among the people, let us threaten them that they speak no more in this name to any man.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:17But that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:17But that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17But that it may spread no further among the people, let us strictly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:17But so that this spreads no further among the people, let's threaten them, that from now on they don't speak to anyone in this name.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:17But 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.