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Act 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

that it		Act 5:39; Psa 2:1-4; Dan 2:34,35; Rom 10:16-18; Rom 15:18-22; 1Th 1:8
let		Act 4:21,29,30; Act 5:24,28,40; 2Ch 25:15,16; Isa 30:8-11; Jer 20:1-3; Jer 29:25-32; Jer 38:4; Amo 2:12; Amo 7:12-17; Mic 2:6,7; Mat 27:64; Jhn 11:47,48; 1Th 2:15,16

Correlating Passages

that it

	Act 5:39	But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
	Psa 2:1	Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
	Psa 2:2	The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],
	Psa 2:3	Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
	Psa 2:4	He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
	Dan 2:34	Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet [that were] of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
	Dan 2:35	Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
	Rom 10:16	But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
	Rom 10:17	So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
	Rom 10:18	But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
	Rom 15:18	For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
	Rom 15:19	Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
	Rom 15:20	Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:
	Rom 15:21	But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.
	Rom 15:22	For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.
	1Th 1:8	For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.

let

	Act 4:21	So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all [men] glorified God for that which was done.
	Act 4:29	And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
	Act 4:30	By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
	Act 5:24	Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
	Act 5:28	Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
	Act 5:40	And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten [them], they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
	2Ch 25:15	Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
	2Ch 25:16	And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the king] said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
	Isa 30:8	Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
	Isa 30:9	That this [is] a rebellious people, lying children, children [that] will not hear the law of the LORD:
	Isa 30:10	Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
	Isa 30:11	Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
	Jer 20:1	Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who [was] also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
	Jer 20:2	Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that [were] in the high gate of Benjamin, which [was] by the house of the LORD.
	Jer 20:3	And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.
	Jer 29:25	Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that [are] at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
	Jer 29:26	The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man [that is] mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
	Jer 29:27	Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
	Jer 29:28	For therefore he sent unto us [in] Babylon, saying, This [captivity is] long: build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
	Jer 29:29	And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
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	Jer 38:4	Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
	Amo 2:12	But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
	Amo 7:12	Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
	Amo 7:13	But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it [is] the king's chapel, and it [is] the king's court.
	Amo 7:14	Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no prophet, neither [was] I a prophet's son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
	Amo 7:15	And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
	Amo 7:16	Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not [thy word] against the house of Isaac.
	Amo 7:17	Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
	Mic 2:6	Prophesy ye not, [say they to them that] prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, [that] they shall not take shame.
	Mic 2:7	O [thou that art] named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? [are] these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
	Mat 27:64	Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
	Jhn 11:47	Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
	Jhn 11:48	If we let him thus alone, all [men] will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
	1Th 2:15	Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
	1Th 2:16	Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

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Scott, Thomas. "Acts 4:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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