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Contemporary English Version

Acts 4:14

But they could not deny what had happened. The man who had been healed was standing there with the apostles.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Caiaphas;   Government;   John;   Persecution;   Peter;   Priest;   Thompson Chain Reference - Living Witnesses;   Men;   Silence-Speech;   Silenced, Men;   Testimony, Religious;   Witnessing to the Truth;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Peter;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John the apostle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sanhedrim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Sanhedrin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mark, Gospel According to;   Peter;   Sadducees;   Sanhedrin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Holy Spirit;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sanhedrin or Sanhedrim;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
The decision makers wanted to do a lot of things, but the fact that the man who'd once been lame was standing right there was hard to argue with.
Legacy Standard Bible
And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.
Bible in Basic English
And, seeing that the man who had been made well was there with them, they were not able to say anything against it.
Darby Translation
And beholding the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to reply;
New King James Version
And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
Christian Standard Bible®
And since they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in response.
World English Bible
Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And beholding the man who had been healed, standing with them, they had nothing to say against it.
Weymouth's New Testament
And seeing the man standing with them--the man who had been cured--they had no reply to make.
King James Version (1611)
And beholding the man which was healed, standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
Literal Translation
But seeing the man standing with them, the one having been healed, they had nothing to say against him .
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for the man yt was made whole, they sawe hi stodinge by the, & coulde not saye agaynst it.
Mace New Testament (1729)
yet seeing the man who was cured standing with them, they could not tell what to reply.
Amplified Bible
And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in reply.
American Standard Version
And seeing the man that was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
Revised Standard Version
But seeing the man that had been healed standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and beholdinge also the ma which was healed stondinge with the they coulde not saye agaynst it.
Update Bible Version
And seeing the man that was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
Webster's Bible Translation
And beholding the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
Young's Literal Translation
and seeing the man standing with them who hath been healed, they had nothing to say against [it],
New Century Version
Because they saw the healed man standing there beside the two apostles, they could say nothing against them.
New English Translation
And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this.
Berean Standard Bible
And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in response.
Complete Jewish Bible
Moreover, since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there beside them, there was nothing they could say to discredit the healing.
English Standard Version
But seeing the man who was healed standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And beholding also the man which was healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against it.
George Lamsa Translation
And because they saw the lame man who was healed standing with them they could say nothing against them.
Hebrew Names Version
Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
International Standard Version
And seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could not say anything against them.Acts 3:11;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And they saw that the lame man who had been healed was standing with them, and they could not say any thing against them.
Murdock Translation
And they saw that the lame man, who had been healed, stood near them; and they could say nothing to confront them.
New Living Translation
But since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there among them, there was nothing the council could say.
New Life Bible
They were not able to argue about what Peter and John had said because the man who had been healed was standing with them.
English Revised Version
And seeing the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
New Revised Standard
When they saw the man who had been cured standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Seeing, the man also standing, with them, even the man who had been cured, they had nothing wherewith to contradict.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Seeing the man also who had been healed, standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
King James Version
And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
Lexham English Bible
And because they saw the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in return.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And beholdyng also the man which was healed, standyng with them, they coulde not say agaynst it,
Easy-to-Read Version
They saw the crippled man standing there beside the apostles. They saw that he was healed, so they could say nothing against the apostles.
New American Standard Bible
And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.
Good News Translation
But there was nothing that they could say, because they saw the man who had been healed standing there with Peter and John.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei siyen the man that was helid, stondinge with hem, and thei myyten no thing ayenseie.

Contextual Overview

5 The next morning the leaders, the elders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses met in Jerusalem. 6 The high priest Annas was there, as well as Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and other members of the high priest's family. 7 They brought in Peter and John and made them stand in the middle while they questioned them. They asked, "By what power and in whose name have you done this?" 8 Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and told the nation's leaders and the elders: 9 You are questioning us today about a kind deed in which a crippled man was healed. 10 But there is something we must tell you and everyone else in Israel. This man is standing here completely well because of the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth. You put Jesus to death on a cross, but God raised him to life. 11 He is the stone that you builders thought was worthless, and now he is the most important stone of all. 12 Only Jesus has the power to save! His name is the only one in all the world that can save anyone. 13 The officials were amazed to see how brave Peter and John were, and they knew that these two apostles were only ordinary men and not well educated. The officials were certain that these men had been with Jesus. 14 But they could not deny what had happened. The man who had been healed was standing there with the apostles.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

beholding: Acts 4:10, Acts 3:8-12

they: Acts 4:16, Acts 4:21, Acts 19:36

Reciprocal: Matthew 14:36 - perfectly Matthew 22:46 - no Matthew 27:42 - saved Mark 6:2 - From John 9:19 - Is this John 12:9 - General Acts 3:10 - they knew

Cross-References

Genesis 4:5
but not with Cain and his offering. This made Cain so angry that he could not hide his feelings.
Genesis 4:6
The Lord said to Cain: What's wrong with you? Why do you have such an angry look on your face?
Genesis 4:11
And so, I'll put you under a curse. Because you killed Abel and made his blood run out on the ground, you will never be able to farm the land again.
Genesis 4:12
If you try to farm the land, it won't produce anything for you. From now on, you'll be without a home, and you'll spend the rest of your life wandering from place to place.
Genesis 4:13
"This punishment is too hard!" Cain said.
Genesis 4:14
"You're making me leave my home and live far from you. I will have to wander about without a home, and just anyone could kill me."
Genesis 4:15
"No!" the Lord answered. "Anyone who kills you will be punished seven times worse than I am punishing you." So the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn everyone not to kill him.
Genesis 4:16
But Cain had to go far from the Lord and live in the Land of Wandering, which is east of Eden.
Genesis 4:20
Lamech and Adah had two sons, Jabal and Jubal. Their son Jabal was the first to live in tents and raise sheep and goats. Jubal was the first to play harps and flutes.
Genesis 4:24
Anyone who tries to get even with me will be punished ten times more than anyone who tries to get even with Cain."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And beholding the man which was healed,.... Who either was taken into custody, and brought before the sanhedrim, along with the apostles; or rather, who came here of his own accord to be witness for them: for he was

standing with them; in company with them, and close by them, and on their side; and so they could, and did point and appeal unto him, who was ready to justify, that it was not by the use of medicine, or of magic art, or in the name of Satan or Beelzebub, but by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, that his cure was wrought:

they could say nothing against it; they could not gainsay the fact, for the man was before them, perfectly well, whom they personally knew, by his lying so long at the gate of the temple; they knew that he had been lame from his mother's womb, who was now above forty years of age; and they could say nothing against the manner of his cure, who was present to attest it; nor could they say anything against them; the apostles, as the Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read; they could not blame them for doing it, it being a good deed, nor charge them with fraud and imposture.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 4:14. They could say nothing against it. — They could not gainsay the apostolic doctrine, for that was supported by the miraculous fact before them. If the doctrine be false, the man cannot have been miraculously healed: if the man be miraculously healed, then the doctrine must be true that it is by the name of Jesus of Nazareth that he has been healed. But the man is incontestably healed; therefore the doctrine is true.


 
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