Acts 4:7

And placing them in the midst, they interrogated them, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this thing?

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were the high-priest’s relations.

8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

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Cross References

Mark 11:28and say to him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority, that thou shouldest do these things?

John 8:3Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery; and placing her in the midst,

Acts 4:10be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarean, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him doth this man stand here sound in your presence.

Acts 5:40And to him they assented: and calling in the apostles, after scourging them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and 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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