Acts 4:18

18 Once again the leaders called in Peter and John. They commanded them not to speak or teach at all in Jesus' name.

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 "What can we do with these men?" they asked. "Everybody in Jerusalem knows they have done an outstanding miracle. We can't say it didn't happen.

17 We have to stop this thing. It must not spread any further among the people. We have to warn these men. They must never speak to anyone in Jesus' name again."

18 Once again the leaders called in Peter and John. They commanded them not to speak or teach at all in Jesus' name.

19 But Peter and John replied, "Judge for yourselves. Which is right from God's point of view? Should we obey you? Or God?

20 There's nothing else we can do. We have to speak about the things we've seen and heard."