Acts 4:7

And they brought them forward and began to inquire, “By what power or by what name have you done this?”

English Majority Text (NT)

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

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

8Then Peter, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel:

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Cross References

Mark 11:28And they said to Him, “By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority to do these things?”

John 8:3Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman who had been caught in adultery, and having stood her in the midst,

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

Acts 5:40And they were persuaded by him, and when they had called the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not 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 →

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