Acts 4:15 (GNV)

Passage

Then they commanded them to goe aside out of the Council, and conferred among themselues,

Nearby Context

Acts 4:13 Now when they sawe the boldnes of Peter and Iohn, and vnderstoode that they were vnlearned men and without knowledge, they marueiled, and knew them, that they had bin with Iesus:

Acts 4:14 And beholding also the man which was healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against it.

Acts 4:15 Then they commanded them to goe aside out of the Council, and conferred among themselues,

Acts 4:16 Saying, What shall we doe to these men? for surely a manifest signe is done by them, and it is openly knowen to all them that dwell in Hierusalem: and we cannot denie it.

Acts 4:17 But that it be noysed no farther among the people, let vs threaten and charge them, that they speake hencefoorth to no man in this Name.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And beholding also the man which was..." into verse 16's "Saying What shall we doe to these...", so "commanded" and "aside" 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 "commanded" and "aside" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.