“And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.”
On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. — the apostles return to the believers (hoi idioi, their own, the believing community) and report (anangellō, announce, declare, report) the interrogation and threats. The reporting strengthens the community's awareness of opposition and elicits prayer (verse 24-30).
Church Fathers on Acts 4:23
Not for their own glory did they tell the tale — how should such be their motive?— but what they displayed was the proofs therein exhibited of the grace of Christ. All that their adversaries had said, this they told; their own part, it is likely, they omitted: this made the hearers all the more courageous. What then? These again flee to the true Succor, to the Alliance invincible, and again, with one accord. And when they heard that, it is said,
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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