Acts 4:15

Mace New Testament

having therefore order'd them to withdraw from the council, they conferred among themselves,

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
The Jewish leaders told them to leave the council meeting. Then the leaders talked to each other about what they should do.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But they comaunded them to go a syde out of the counsell and counceled amoge them selves

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

International Standard Version
So they ordered them to leave the CouncilSanhedrin">[fn] and began to discuss the matter among themselves.

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

New Century Version
After the leaders ordered them to leave the meeting, they began to talk to each other.

Update Bible Version
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the Sanhedrin, they conferred among themselves,

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

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

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

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But having ordered them to go out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But thei comaundiden hem to go forth with out the counsel. And thei spaken togidere,

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

Berean Standard Bible
So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.

Contemporary English Version
The officials commanded them to leave the council room. Then the officials said to each other,

Amplified Bible
But after ordering them to step out of the Council [chamber], they began to confer among themselves,

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

Bible in Basic English
But when they had given them orders to go out of the Sanhedrin, they had a discussion among themselves,

Complete Jewish Bible
So they told them to step away from the Sanhedrin while they discussed the matter privately.

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

Etheridge Translation
Then they commanded that they should lead them from their assembly, and said one to another,

Murdock Translation
Then they commanded to remove them from the presence of the council; and said one to another:

King James Version (1611)
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the Council, they conferred among themselues,

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

New Life Bible
The religious leaders told Peter and John to leave the court so the leaders could talk together.

New Revised Standard
So they ordered them to leave the council while they discussed the matter with one another.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then they commaunded them to goe aside out of the Council, and conferred among themselues,

George Lamsa Translation
But when they had commanded them to be taken aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Howbeit, ordering them to go forth outside the high-council, they began to confer one with another,

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

Revised Standard Version
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred with one another,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But commaundyng them to go asyde out of the counsel, and counseled among them selues,

Good News Translation
So they told them to leave the Council room, and then they started discussing among themselves.

Christian Standard Bible®
After they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin, they conferred among themselves,

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

Lexham English Bible
But after they had ordered them to go outside the Sanhedrin, they began to confer with one another,

Literal Translation
But commanding them to go outside the sanhedrin, they conferred with one another,

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then comaunded they the to stode asyde out of ye councell, & comened amoge the selues,

THE MESSAGE
They sent them out of the room so they could work out a plan. They talked it over: "What can we do with these men? By now it's known all over town that a miracle has occurred, and that they are behind it. There is no way we can refute that. But so that it doesn't go any further, let's silence them with threats so they won't dare to use Jesus' name ever again with anyone."

New English Translation
But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, they began to confer with one another,

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

Simplified Cowboy Version
They told the police to escort the cowboys out of the room, and then they conferred with each other saying,

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

Legacy Standard Bible
But when they had ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin, they began to confer with one another,

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ having therefore order'd them to withdraw from the council, they conferred among themselves, ¹⁶ saying, what shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. ¹⁷ but to prevent its spreading any further among the people, let us charge them with threats not to speak for the future to any man in that name. ¹⁸ so they called them in, and commanded them not to speak or teach upon any account, in the name of Jesus. ¹⁹ but Peter and John made answer, do you yourselves judge, whether it be right in the sight of God, to obey you rather than God. ²⁰ for we cannot avoid publishing what we have seen and heard. ²¹ so when they had further threatned them, they let them go, not finding it practicable to punish them, because of the people, who all glorified God for that which was done. ²² for the man who was so miraculously cured, was above forty years old.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to go: Acts 5:34-42, Acts 26:30-32

Reciprocal: Luke 6:11 - communed

Cross-References

Matthew 26:52
but Jesus said to him, put up your sword in its place: for all that take to the sword, shall perish by the sword.

Revelation 14:9
And a third angel followed them, crying with a loud voice, "if any man worship the beast, or his image, or receive his mark on his forehead, or in his hand,

Revelation 14:11
the smoke of their torment shall ascend for ever and ever: they who worship the beast or his image, they who receive the mark of his name, shall have no rest either day or night."

Gill's Notes on the 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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What shall we do to these men? - The object which they had in view was evidently to prevent their preaching. The miracle was performed, and it was believed by the people to have been made. This they could not expect to be able successfully to deny. Their only object, therefore, was to prevent the apostles from making the use which they saw they would to convince the people that Jesus was the Messiah. The question was, in what way they should prevent this; whether by putting them to death, by imprisoning them, or by scourging them; or whether by simply exerting theft authority and forbidding them. From the former they were deterred, doubtless, by fear of the multitude; and they therefore adopted the latter, and seemed to suppose that the mere exertion of their authority would be sufficient to deter them from this in future.

The council - Greek: The “Sanhedrin.” This body was composed of 71 or 72 persons, and was entrusted with the principal affairs of the nation. It was a body of vast influence and power, and hence they supposed that their command might be sufficient to restrain ignorant Galileans from speaking. Before this same body, and probably the same men, our Saviour was arraigned, and by them condemned before he was delivered to the Roman governor, Matthew 26:59, etc. And before this same body, and in the presence of the same men, Peter had just before denied his Lord, Matthew 26:70, etc. The fact that the disciples had fled on a former occasion, and that Peter had denied his Saviour, may hate operated to induce them to believe that they would be terrified by their threats, and deterred from preaching publicly in the name of Jesus.

A notable miracle - A known, undeniable miracle.

That it spread - That the knowledge of it may not spread among them any further.

Let us straitly threaten them - Greek: “Let us threaten them with a threat.” This is a “Hebraism” expressing intensity, certainty, etc. The threat was a command Acts 4:18 not to teach, implying their displeasure if they did do it. This threat, however, was not effectual. On the next occasion, which occurred soon after Acts 5:40, they added beating to their threats in order to deter them from preaching in the name of Jesus.