Acts 4:18

18 And they sent for them, and gave them orders not to make statements or give teaching in the name of Jesus.

Acts 4:18 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 4:18

And they called them
From the apartment where they were; or ordered their servants to call them in to them: and commanded them not to speak at all;
either privately or publicly, in the ministry of the word, or in working of miracles, in the city, or in the country: nor teach in the name of Jesus;
any doctrine whatever; or "the name of Jesus", as the Arabic version reads; that is, the doctrine of Jesus, that which respects his person, his carnation, his offices, his sufferings, death, and resurrection from the dead.

Acts 4:18 In-Context

16 Saying, What are we to do with these men? for certainly it is clear to all who are living in Jerusalem that a most important sign has been done by them, and it is not possible to say that it is not so.

17 But so that it may not go farther among the people, let us put them in fear of punishment if they say anything in future in this name.

18 And they sent for them, and gave them orders not to make statements or give teaching in the name of Jesus.

19 But Peter and John in answer said to them, It is for you to say if it is right in the eyes of God to give attention to you more than to God:

20 For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.