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Acts 4:23

Acts 4:23
And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And being let go,.... Or dismissed from custody, by the order of the sanhedrim:

they went to their own company; or "to their own men", as the Ethiopic version reads; or "to their own brethren", as…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Their own company - They joined the other apostles and Christians, Act 2:44-45. And reported ... - It doubtless became a subject of interesting inquiry what they should do in this case. They had been…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

They went to their own company - This was properly the first persecution that had been raised up against the Church since the resurrection of Christ; and as the rest of the disciples must have known…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 4:23-31

We hear no more at present of the chief priests, what they did when they had dismissed Peter and John, but are to attend those two witnesses. And here we have,

I. Their return to their brethren, the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The Apostles released. Their Prayer and its Answer

23. to their own company Perhaps still abiding in the upper room which they had occupied before Pentecost. Because St Peter on a later occasion (Act…