Acts 4:7

And having set them in the midst, asked them, By what power or in what name have you done this?

1902 William Baxter Godbey 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

6assembled in Jerusalem, and Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and so many as were of the family of the high priest.

8Then Peter being full of the Holy Spirit said to them, Ye rulers of the people and elders,

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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 that you may do them?

Acts 4:10let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, through him this man now stands sound in your presence.

Acts 5:40And they obeyed him, and having called the apostles, beating them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and sent them away.

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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