Acts 4:7

And stationing them in the middle, they questioned them: “By what power, or in whose name, have you done this?”

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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

6including Annas, the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John and Alexander, and as many as were of the priestly family.

8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Leaders of the people and elders, listen.

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:12They proclaimed a fast, and they caused Naboth to sit among the first rulers of the people.

Mark 11:28And they said to him: “By what authority do you do these things? And who has given you this authority, so that you would do these things?”

John 8:3Now the scribes and Pharisees brought forward a woman caught in adultery, and they stood her in front of them.

Acts 4:10let it be known to all of you and to all of the people of Israel, that in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God has raised from the dead, by him, this man stands before you, healthy.

Acts 5:40And calling in the Apostles, having beaten them, they warned them not to speak at all in the name of Jesus. And they dismissed them.

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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