Acts
King James Version (KJV)

“For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.”
King James Version (KJV)
For wee cannot but speake the things which we haue seene and heard.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.
- Basic English Bible
for as for us *we* cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.
- Darby Bible
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
- Webster's Bible
As for us, what we have seen and heard we cannot help speaking about."
- Weymouth Bible
for we can't help telling the things which we saw and heard."
- World English Bible
For we moten nedis speke tho thingis, that we han sayn and herd.
- Wycliffe Bible
for we cannot but speak what we did see and hear.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
4:18 They charged them not to speak - Privately; nor teach - Publicly.
4:19 Whether it be just to obey you rather than God, judge ye - Was it not by the same spirit, that Socrates, when they were condemning him to death, for teaching the people, said, O ye Athenians, I embrace and love you; but I will obey God rather than you. And if you would spare my life on condition I should cease to teach my fellow citizens, I would die a thousand times rather than accept the proposal.
4:21 They all glorified God - So much wiser were the people than those who were over them.
Ac 4:20 We cannot but speak. Are under a moral and spiritual obligation to speak. They had a Divine message, and must tell it.
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