Acts 4:17-21

Moffatt(i) 17 However, to keep things from going any further with the people, we had better threaten them that they are not to tell anyone in future about this Name." 18 So they called the men in and ordered them not to speak or teach a single sentence about the Name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John replied, "Decide for yourselves whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God. 20 Certainly we cannot give up speaking of what we have seen and heard." 21 Then they threatened them still further and let them go; on account of the people they found themselves unable to find any means of punishing them, for everybody was glorifying God over what had happened