Acts.4.20@9

Canonical reference
Acts.4.20
Source
nestle1904
Position
9
Surface
μὴ
Surface without points
μὴ
Normalized
μή
Lemma
μή
Lemma without points
μή
SBL transliteration
mē
Readable transliteration
me
Rudi transliteration
me
Morphology
PRT-N
Scripture registers
Acts 4:20
  • Christian (KJV boundaries): Acts.4.20

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

Scripture edition
kjv
Scripture language
en
Scripture licence
Public Domain outside the UK; Crown rights in the UK

οὐ δυνάμεθα γὰρ ἡμεῖς ἃ εἴδαμεν καὶ ἠκούσαμεν μὴ λαλεῖν.

Scripture edition
nestle1904
Scripture language
grc
Scripture licence
Public Domain

Scripture edition
rsv
Scripture language
en
Scripture licence
restricted
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.