Acts 4:7

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 Caiphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest.

8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them: Ye princes of the people, and ancients, hear:

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:12They proclaimed a fast, and made Naboth sit among the chief of the people.

Mark 11:28And they say to him: By what authority dost thou these things? and who hath given thee this authority that thou shouldst do these things?

John 8:3And the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman taken in adultery: and they set her in the midst,

Acts 4:10Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God hath raised from the dead, even by him this man standeth here before you whole.

Acts 5:40And calling in the apostles, after they had scourged them, they charged them that they should not 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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