And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Ver. 40. And to him they agreed] So did the enraged people to the elders, alleging the example of Micah the Morasthite, Jeremiah 26:18. See the use and efficacy of history, which hath its name, say some, παρα το ισταναι τον ρουν, of stopping the stream of violence.