Acts 4:7

So they made the Apostles stand in the centre, and demanded of them, "By what power or in what name have you done this?"

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

6with Annas the High Priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the other members of the high-priestly family.

8Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit, and he replied, "Rulers and Elders of the people,

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Cross References

Mark 11:28and asked, "By what authority are you doing these things? and who gave you authority to do them?"

John 8:3and was teaching them when the Scribes and the Pharisees brought to Him a woman who had been found committing adultery. They made her stand in the centre of the court, and they put the case to Him.

Acts 4:10be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that through the name of Jesus the Anointed, the Nazarene, whom *you* crucified, but whom *God* has raised from among the dead-- through that name this man stands here before you in perfect health.

Acts 5:40His advice carried conviction. So they called the Apostles in, and--after flogging them--ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then 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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