Hechos 4:21

21 Entonces el Concilio los amenazó aún más, pero finalmente los dejaron ir porque no sabían cómo castigarlos sin desatar un disturbio. Pues todos alababan a Dios

Hechos 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.

Hechos 4:21 In-Context

19 Pero Pedro y Juan respondieron:
«¿Acaso piensan que Dios quiere que los obedezcamos a ustedes en lugar de a él?

20 Nosotros no podemos dejar de hablar acerca de todo lo que hemos visto y oído».

21 Entonces el Concilio los amenazó aún más, pero finalmente los dejaron ir porque no sabían cómo castigarlos sin desatar un disturbio. Pues todos alababan a Dios

22 por esa señal milagrosa, la sanidad de un hombre que había estado lisiado por más de cuarenta años.

23 Los creyentes oran por valentía
Tan pronto como quedaron libres, Pedro y Juan volvieron adonde estaban los demás creyentes y les contaron lo que los sacerdotes principales y los ancianos les habían dicho.