Canonical reference
Acts.4.20
Source
nestle1904
Position
8
Surface
ἠκούσαμεν
Surface without points
ἠκούσαμεν
Normalized
ἠκούσαμεν
Lemma
ἀκούω
Lemma without points
ἀκούω
SBL transliteration
ēkousamen
Readable transliteration
ekousamen
Rudi transliteration
ekousamen
Morphology
V-AAI-1P
Strong numbers
Scripture registers
Acts 4:20
- Christian (KJV boundaries): Acts.4.20
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Container
Scripture edition
kjv
Scripture language
en
Scripture licence
Public Domain outside the UK; Crown rights in the UK
Scripture source
οὐ δυνάμεθα γὰρ ἡμεῖς ἃ εἴδαμεν καὶ ἠκούσαμεν μὴ λαλεῖν.
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Scripture edition
nestle1904
Scripture language
grc
Scripture licence
Public Domain
Scripture source
Scripture edition
rsv
Scripture language
en
Scripture licence
restricted
Scripture source
Scripture rights holder
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
Quoted by Neville
- So they tried to quench the voice of Peter and John and they said what they would do to them if they continued to teach this story.
- The wise men of the world - called the leaders in politics or religion - they will tell you without vision what you should see and what you should preach. They had no vision - none whatsoever, never in eternity - but they are going to tell you how you should tell the story.
- Now he makes this statement…all through the book he uses the words “I saw” or “I have seen.” He reminds us of the Book of Acts when John and Peter are told, if they are not silent they are going to be imprisoned and persecuted and beyond that.
- Well, that is what I have come to give to the world. I have never read it in a book, I have never heard it from the lips of any other person, but I have experienced it. And so I tell you what I know from experience; I am not theorizing.
- Those who followed him were also the uneducated as told us in the Book of Acts…that John and Peter began to do fantastic things in the name of Jesus.
- If the whole vast world rose tonight and told me that what I am saying is misleading and that I must no longer talk about it, well, how could I ignore what has happened? I could no more deny what has happened to me than I could the simplest evidence of my senses, I couldn’t.