Acts 4:7

and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have *ye* done this?

Darby Translation

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, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of [the] high priestly family;

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

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:12they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.

Mark 11:28and they say to him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority, that thou shouldest do these things?

John 8:3And the scribes and the Pharisees bring [to him] a woman taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,

Acts 4:10be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom *ye* have crucified, whom God has raised from among [the] dead, by *him* this [man] stands here before you sound [in body].

Acts 5:40And they listened to his advice; and having called the apostles, they beat them, and enjoined them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and 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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