Acts 4:15 (DBY)

Passage

but having commanded them to go out of the council they conferred with one another,

Nearby Context

Acts 4:13 But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and uninstructed men, they wondered; and they recognised them that they were with Jesus.

Acts 4:14 And beholding the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to reply;

Acts 4:15 but having commanded them to go out of the council they conferred with one another,

Acts 4:16 saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed an evident sign has come to pass through their means is manifest to all that inhabit Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

Acts 4:17 But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "commanded", "council", "conferred", and "another". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "commanded", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And beholding the man who had been..." into verse 16's "saying What shall we do to these...", so "having" and "commanded" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "having" and "commanded" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.