Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 4:16

16 Saying , What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

At what a loss are these great men, about the manner of their proceeding with the Apostles! they might seem to have the victory in their hands, and yet they are evidently overcome by three witnesses, viz. by both the Apostles and the lame man, and especially by the evidence of this fact its self; tho they did not boggle at being unjust, yet they were loath to seem to be so, and therefore they take Counsel to hide it, or palliate it before men; more valuing their credit, than the Salvation of their own, or other mens Souls.

Marginal references: John 11.47.