4:18-20
The plan of the religious leaders wasn’t the greatest of plans, and it fell down at the first hurdle. They called Peter and John back in and told them not to speak or teach in the name of Jesus. However, Peter and John were dedicated to Jesus and put the matter straightforwardly to the religious leaders. Should they obey God or men? Formally it was Peter and John who were “on trial”, in reality it was the sanhedrin that was on trial. The same applies today when authorities act in ungodly ways. “As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard”. We need to experience Jesus, and to learn from Him.
4:21,22
The religious leaders failed to learn anything, so issued some more threats at Peter and John, then let them go. They wanted to punish Peter and John, but all the people were praising God because of what had happened, so they were constrained in what they could do. The healed man was over forty years old, only God could have healed him.
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