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Handelingen 4:20

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20 Want wij kunnen niet laten te spreken, hetgeen wij gezien en gehoord hebben.

Handelingen 4:20 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 4:20

For we cannot but speak
It was not physically, but morally impossible; or it was not lawful, and therefore they would not speak any other, and they could not avoid speaking, say they, the things which we have seen and heard;
as the miracles and doctrines of Christ, his resurrection from the dead, of which they were eye and ear witnesses. This shows their great fidelity and integrity, their inviolable attachment to Christ, and their fearlessness of the displeasure and wrath of men.

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Handelingen 4:20 In-Context

18 En als zij hen geroepen hadden, zeiden zij hun aan, dat zij ganselijk niet zouden spreken, noch leren, in den Naam van Jezus.
19 Maar Petrus en Johannes, antwoordende, zeiden tot hen: Oordeelt gij, of het recht is voor God, ulieden meer te horen dan God.
20 Want wij kunnen niet laten te spreken, hetgeen wij gezien en gehoord hebben.
21 Maar zij dreigden hen nog meer, en lieten ze gaan, niets vindende, hoe zij hen straffen zouden, om des volks wil; want zij verheerlijkten allen God over hetgeen er geschied was.
22 Want de mens was meer dan veertig jaren oud, aan welken dit teken der genezing geschied was.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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