Acts 4:7

Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?

Bible in Basic English

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 high priest, was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all the relations of the high priest.

8Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:12They gave orders for a day of public sorrow, and put Naboth at the head of the people.

Mark 11:28And they said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you authority to do these things?

John 8:3Now the scribes and Pharisees came, with a woman who had been taken in the act of sinning against the married relation;

Acts 4:10Take note, all of you, and all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you put to death on the cross, whom God gave back from the dead, even through him is this man now before you completely well.

Acts 5:40And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they 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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