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OET (OET-RV) So they called them back in and decreed that they weren’t allowed to preach or teach under the name of Yeshua anymore.
OET-LV And having_called them, they_commanded them not to_be_speaking nor to_be_teaching in the name of_ the _Yaʸsous at_all.
SR-GNT Καὶ καλέσαντες αὐτοὺς, παρήγγειλαν καθόλου μὴ φθέγγεσθαι μηδὲ διδάσκειν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ ˚Ἰησοῦ. ‡
(Kai kalesantes autous, paraʸngeilan katholou maʸ fthengesthai maʸde didaskein epi tōi onomati tou ˚Yaʸsou.)
Key: yellow:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT And summoning them, they commanded them neither to speak nor to teach at all in the name of Jesus.
UST So the Jewish leaders told the guards to bring them into the room again. After the guards had done so, they told them both that they were completely forbidden to speak or teach about Jesus.
BSB § Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
BLB And having called them, they commanded them not to speak nor to teach at all in the name of Jesus.
AICNT And they called them and commanded [[them]][fn] not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
4:18, them:Some manuscripts include.
OEB So they called the apostles in, and ordered them not to speak or teach in the name of Jesus.
WEB They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
WMB They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Yeshua.
NET And they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
LSV And having called them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor to teach, in the Name of Jesus,
FBV So they called them back in and ordered them never to speak or teach in the name of Jesus again.
TCNT Then they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
T4T So the Jewish leaders commanded guards to bring the two apostles into that room again. After they did so, they commanded them both that they should never speak about Jesus, and they should not teach anyone about him [MTY] again.
LEB And they called them back and[fn] commandedthem[fn] not to speak or to teach at all in the name of Jesus.
?:? *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“called”) has been translated as a finite verb
?:? *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
BBE And they sent for them, and gave them orders not to make statements or give teaching in the name of Jesus.
MOF No MOF ACTs book available
ASV And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
DRA And calling them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus.
YLT And having called them, they charged them not to speak at all, nor to teach, in the name of Jesus,
DBY And having called them, they charged [them] not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
RV And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
WBS And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus.
KJB And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
BB And they called them, and commaunded them, that in no wyse they shoulde speake, nor teache in the name of Iesu.
(And they called them, and commanded them, that in no wise they should speak, nor teach in the name of Yesu.)
GNV So they called them, and commanded them, that in no wise they should speake or teach in the Name of Iesus.
(So they called them, and commanded them, that in no wise they should speak or teach in the Name of Yesus/Yeshua. )
CB And they called them, and comaunded the, that in eny wyse they shulde not speake ner teache in the name of Iesu.
(And they called them, and commanded them, that in any wise they should not speak nor teach in the name of Yesu.)
TNT And they called them and commaunded them that in no wyse they shuld speake or teache in the name of Iesu.
(And they called them and commanded them that in no wise they should speak or teach in the name of Yesu. )
WYC And thei clepiden hem, and denounsiden to hem, that on no maner thei schulden speke, nether teche, in the name of Jhesu.
(And they called them, and denounsiden to them, that on no manner they should speke, neither teach, in the name of Yhesu.)
LUT Und riefen sie und geboten ihnen, daß sie sich allerdinge nicht hören ließen noch lehreten in dem Namen JEsu.
(And riefen they/she/them and geboten ihnen, that they/she/them itself/yourself/themselves allerdinge not listenn leave/let still lehreten in to_him names YEsu.)
CLV Et vocantes eos, denuntiaverunt ne omnino loquerentur neque docerent in nomine Jesu.
(And vocantes them, denuntiaverunt ne omnino loquerentur neque docerent in nomine Yesu. )
UGNT καὶ καλέσαντες αὐτοὺς, παρήγγειλαν καθόλου μὴ φθέγγεσθαι μηδὲ διδάσκειν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Ἰησοῦ.
(kai kalesantes autous, paraʸngeilan katholou maʸ fthengesthai maʸde didaskein epi tōi onomati tou Yaʸsou.)
SBL-GNT καὶ καλέσαντες αὐτοὺς παρήγγειλαν ⸀τὸ καθόλου μὴ φθέγγεσθαι μηδὲ διδάσκειν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Ἰησοῦ.
(kai kalesantes autous paraʸngeilan ⸀to katholou maʸ fthengesthai maʸde didaskein epi tōi onomati tou Yaʸsou. )
TC-GNT Καὶ καλέσαντες αὐτούς, παρήγγειλαν [fn]αὐτοῖς [fn]τὸ καθόλου μὴ φθέγγεσθαι μηδὲ διδάσκειν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Ἰησοῦ.
(Kai kalesantes autous, paraʸngeilan autois to katholou maʸ fthengesthai maʸde didaskein epi tōi onomati tou Yaʸsou.)
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
4:1-22 Persecution was a common experience of God’s people throughout the Bible. God’s servants often faced hostility and opposition (Deut 30:7; 1 Kgs 18:13; Neh 4:1-3; Jer 37–38; Matt 23:34-37; Luke 11:49-51; 1 Thes 2:14-15). Jesus himself was persecuted (Luke 4:29; John 5:16), and he told his disciples to expect the same kind of treatment (Matt 10:23; 24:9; Mark 13:9; Luke 21:12; John 16:2), but he promised that the Holy Spirit would provide strength (Acts 1:8; Luke 12:11-12; 21:15). Acts records frequent times of persecution (Acts 4:3; 5:17-41; 7:54–8:3; 9:1-2; 11:19; 12:2; 13:50; 14:19; 16:19-24), but Acts also reiterates that the Holy Spirit empowers disciples to bear witness in such circumstances (2:44; 4:8-13; 6:10; 7:55). The boldness of Peter and John before the hostile high council exemplifies facing persecution with courage and power (4:20).
Persecution
Persecution is a common experience of God’s people. God’s servants have often faced hostility and opposition (e.g., Deut 30:7; 1 Kgs 18:13; Neh 4:1-3; Jer 37:11–38:28; Matt 23:34-37; Luke 11:49-51; 1 Thes 2:14-16). Jesus himself dealt with persecution (Luke 4:28-30; John 5:16). At the end of his earthly life, he endured mocking, beating, and a horrible death by crucifixion, and he told his disciples to expect the same kind of treatment (Matt 10:16-25; 24:9; Mark 13:9-13; Luke 21:12-17; John 16:2). He prepared his followers for such occasions, telling them that the Holy Spirit would give them the needed courage (Luke 12:11-12; 21:14-15; Acts 1:8).
The book of Acts documents the persecution of the earliest Christians, beginning with the hostility of the Jewish high council and the attacks of Saul of Tarsus on the early church prior to his encounter with Jesus near Damascus (Acts 8:1-3; 9:1-13, 21; 22:4; 26:9-11; see 1 Cor 15:9; Gal 1:13; Phil 3:6). Peter, John, Stephen, James, Paul, and Barnabas all suffered persecution (Acts 4:15-18; 5:17-18; 7:54-60; 12:1-4; 14:5-6). Jesus, in his parable of the farmer and the seed, noted the withering effects of persecution on those with shallow faith (Matt 13:20-21; Mark 4:16-17). Persecution purifies God’s people and gives them the opportunity to conform more closely to the character of Jesus. The apostles’ experiences in Acts bear out Paul’s general statement: “Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution” (2 Tim 3:12; see Mark 10:29-30).
Jesus told his disciples to expect to defend their faith in hostile settings (Matt 10:18-20; Luke 21:12-15), and the apostles and other leaders did so with courage and boldness (e.g., Acts 4:8-12, 31; 5:29-32; 6:8-10; 8:4-40; 9:27). Christians are called to defend their faith courageously and graciously, explaining their convictions to those who ask questions (Col 4:6; 2 Tim 2:24-25; 1 Pet 3:15).
Passages for Further Study
1 Kgs 18:2-15; 19:1-18; Neh 4:1-3; Jer 37:1–38:28; Matt 10:16-39; 13:20-21; 23:34-38; 24:9-14; Mark 10:29-31; 13:9-13; Luke 11:47-51; 12:11-12; 21:12-19; John 16:1-4; Acts 4:13-31; 5:17-42; 6:8–8:4; 9:1-31; 12:1-19; 14:1-7; 22:3-29; 23:12-31; 26:9-11; Gal 1:13; 1 Thes 2:14-16; 2 Tim 3:11-14; 1 Pet 3:13-18
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
καὶ
and
Luke uses the word translated And to introduce what the council members did as a result of their discussion. Alternate translation: “So”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
καλέσαντες αὐτοὺς, παρήγγειλαν
/having/_called them ˱they˲_commanded_‹them›
The pronoun them refers in both instances to Peter and John, and the pronoun they refers to the council members. It may be helpful to your readers to clarify this. Alternate translation: “summoning Peter and John, the council members commanded them”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
μὴ φθέγγεσθαι μηδὲ διδάσκειν
not /to_be/_speaking nor /to_be/_teaching
The words speak and teach mean similar things. The council members may be using them together for emphasis. Alternate translation: “not to say anything publicly”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Ἰησοῦ
in the name ¬the ˱of˲_Jesus
Here, name represents a person by association with the way that each person has a name. Alternate translation: “about this person Jesus”