When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
23. Furthermore when they were let go. It shall appear by and by to what end they declared to the other disciples what things had befallen them, to wit, that they might be the more emboldened and encouraged by the grace of God hereafter; secondly, that they might arm themselves with prayer against the furious threatenings of their enemies; and thus must the children of...
No sooner were they freed than they returned to their own company, unswollen by the honor shown them, unafraid of threats. Christ's followers do best in company, provided it be their own company, seeking the public good rather than private comfort.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 4:23-31
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 the Syriac; either to the other ten apostles; or to the hundred and twenty, who first met together; or the whole multitude of them that believed, Act 4:32 the...