Acts 4:21 (YLT)

Passage

And they having further threatened <FI>them<Fi> , let them go, finding nothing how they may punish them, because of the people, because all were glorifying God for that which hath been done,

Nearby Context

Acts 4:19 and Peter and John answering unto them said, `Whether it is righteous before God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye;

Acts 4:20 for we cannot but speak what we did see and hear.'

Acts 4:21 And they having further threatened <FI>them<Fi> , let them go, finding nothing how they may punish them, because of the people, because all were glorifying God for that which hath been done,

Acts 4:22 for above forty years of age was the man upon whom had been done this sign of the healing.

Acts 4:23 And being let go, they went unto their own friends, and declared whatever the chief priests and the elders said unto them,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "further", "threatened", "finding", "nothing", "punish", "people", and "glorifying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "further", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "for we cannot but speak what we..." into verse 22's "for above forty years of age was...", so "having" and "further" 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 "further" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.