Acts 4:7

And when they had made them stand in the midst, they asked: By what power, or by what name have you done this?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

In Context

6and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the chief priest, met together in Jerusalem.

8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

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Cross References

Mark 11:28and said to him: By what authority do you these things? and who gave you this authority to do these things?

John 8:3And the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman who had been detected in adultery; and they made her stand in the midst,

Acts 4:10be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him does this man stand before you in health.

Acts 5:40And they were persuaded by him; and when they had called the apostles in and scourged them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

Matthew Henry on Acts 4:6-15

Peter and John Examined before the Sanhedrim. 5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, 6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, 9 If we this day be… Read the whole commentary →

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