使徒行传 4:21

21 官 长 为 百 姓 的 缘 故 ， 想 不 出 法 子 刑 罚 他 们 ， 又 恐 吓 一 番 ， 把 他 们 释 放 了 。 这 是 因 众 人 为 所 行 的 奇 事 都 归 荣 耀 与 神 。

使徒行传 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.

使徒行传 4:21 In-Context

19 彼 得 、 约 翰 说 ： 听 从 你 们 ， 不 听 从 神 ， 这 在 神 面 前 合 理 不 合 理 ， 你 们 自 己 酌 量 罢 ！

20 我 们 所 看 见 所 听 见 的 ， 不 能 不 说 。

21 官 长 为 百 姓 的 缘 故 ， 想 不 出 法 子 刑 罚 他 们 ， 又 恐 吓 一 番 ， 把 他 们 释 放 了 。 这 是 因 众 人 为 所 行 的 奇 事 都 归 荣 耀 与 神 。

22 原 来 藉 着 神 迹 医 好 的 那 人 有 四 十 多 岁 了 。

23 二 人 既 被 释 放 ， 就 到 会 友 那 里 去 ， 把 祭 司 长 和 长 老 所 说 的 话 都 告 诉 他 们 。