Atti 4:21

21 Ed essi, minacciatili di nuovo, li lasciarono andare, non trovando nulla da poterli castigare, per cagion del popolo; poichè tutti glorificavano Iddio di ciò ch’era stato fatto.

Atti 4:21 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 4:21

So when they had further threatened them
Either repeated the same, as before; or added some more severe ones, to terrify them, if possible; not being able to answer their arguments, or invalidate their reasoning: they let them go;
they did not acquit them as innocent persons, but dismissed them from custody: finding nothing how they might punish them;
not being able, though they sought most diligently for it, to fix anything upon them, which might be a cause, or occasion, or pretence of inflicting any punishment upon them: because of the people:
they would not have stuck at the injustice of it, or have been under any concern about offending God; but they were afraid of the people, of losing their credit among them, and lest they should rise up against them, and on the side of the apostles: for all men glorified God for that which was done;
they saw the hand of God in it, and ascribed it to his mercy, goodness, and power, and gave him the glory of it; and therefore to punish the instruments of so great and good a work, would have been esteemed barbarous and wicked, and would have been highly resented by them; since, on the contrary, they judged them worthy of great honour and respect.

Atti 4:21 In-Context

19 Ma Pietro, e Giovanni, rispondendo, dissero loro: Giudicate voi, s’egli è giusto nel cospetto di Dio, di ubbidire a voi, anzi che a Dio.

20 Poichè, quant’è a noi, non possiam non parlare le cose che abbiam vedute, ed udite.

21 Ed essi, minacciatili di nuovo, li lasciarono andare, non trovando nulla da poterli castigare, per cagion del popolo; poichè tutti glorificavano Iddio di ciò ch’era stato fatto.

22 Perciocchè l’uomo, in cui era stato fatto quel miracolo della guarigione, era d’età di più di quarant’anni.

23 Or essi, essendo stati rimandati, vennero a’ loro, e rapportaron loro tutte le cose che i principali sacerdoti, e gli anziani avean lor dette.