Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we can not deny it.
The council ordered Peter and John out so they would not hear what follows, eager to hide their shame. But their private schemes are recorded here for all time. If these rulers had bowed to the power of truth, they would have made the apostles their teachers; instead, men who refuse conviction will always find themselves at a loss what to do.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 4:15-22
They were trapped by their own admission: a miracle had plainly happened, done by the apostles, and all Jerusalem knew it. The man's healing was too public, too famous, too notorious to be denied or concealed. No escape remained but to decide how to punish those they could not discredit.
AI summary
Verse 16. (a) "What shall we do to" (+) "notable miracle" "Signal"