Acts 4:7

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 also Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and they who were of the kindred of the high priests.

8Then Simon Cephas was filled with the Holy Spirit, and said to them: Ye rulers of the people, and Elders of the house of Israel, hear ye.

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Cross References

Mark 11:28and said to him: By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee the authority to do these things?

John 8:3And the Scribes and Pharisees brought forward a woman that was caught in adultery. And when they had placed her in the midst,

Acts 4:10be it known to you, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Messiah the Nazarean, whom ye crucified, and whom God hath raised from the dead, lo, by him, doth this man stand here before you recovered.

Acts 5:40And they called the legates, and scourged them, and commanded them not to teach 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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