Acts 4:7
They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
Cross References
1 Kings 21:12They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
Mark 11:28“By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”
John 8:3The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them
Acts 4:10then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
Acts 5:40At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released 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 →