Acts 4:7

When they had set Peter and John in their midst, they asked them, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”

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And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

In Context

6Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and all who were relatives of the high priest.

8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “You rulers of the people, and elders,

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:12They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth above the people.

Mark 11:28They said to him, “By what authority do you do these things, and who gave you the authority to do them?”

John 8:3The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in the act of adultery. They placed her in the middle.

Acts 4:10May this be known to you all and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands here before you healthy.

Acts 5:40Then they called the apostles in and beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

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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