We straitly charged (Παραγγελια παρηγγειλαμεν). Like the Hebrew idiom (common in the LXX), though found in Greek, with charging (i…

Straitly command you. Did we not command you with a threat? (Acts 4:17, 18, 21).

In this name. In the name of …

Did we not strictly command you . . .?—The Greek presents the same Hebrew idiom as in Acts 4:17, and suggests again that it is a t…

As the apostles stood before the Sanhedrin, the high priest (the president) began the interrogation by reminding the apostles of the council’s orde…

The chief priest lays two crimes to the charge of the apostles, for he accuses them of contumacy, or stubbornness, because they did not obey the de…

Saying, did we not strictly command you
Or give you strict orders, with severe threatenings,

that…

Many will do an evil thing with daring, yet cannot bear to hear of it afterward or to be accused of it. We cannot expect to be redeemed and healed …