“But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,”
So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin while they conferred together. — the apostles are ordered out (lexō, command, direct, order) so the council can deliberate (sullaleo, talk together, confer, discuss) without the apostles' and witnesses' presence. The order shows the council's power to control proceedings; the expulsion is an attempt to exclude the apostles from the deliberative process.
Church Fathers on Acts 4:15
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, saying, What are we to do to these men? Acts 4:15 See the difficulty they are in, and how the fear of men again does everything. As in the case of Christ, they were not able (as the saying is) to undo what is done, nor to cast it into the shade, but for all their hindering, the Faith did but gain ground the more; so was it now. What shall we do? O the folly! To suppose that those…
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