Acts 4:7
5 The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
6 along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.
They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
9 If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
- KJV
- And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
- WEB
- When they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”
- ASV
- And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?
- DARBY
- and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have *ye* done this?
- BLB
- And having placed them in the midst, they began to inquire, “In what power or in what name did you⁺ do this?”
- ÅB
- og de stilte dem fram midt iblant seg og spurte dem: Ved hvilken kraft eller ved hvilket navn gjorde dere dette?
- OTB
- De lot Peter og Johannes føre fram for seg og begynte å forhøre dem: «Ved hvilken kraft eller i hvilket navn har dere gjort dette?»
- B1930
- og de stilte dem frem midt iblandt sig og spurte dem: Ved hvilken kraft eller ved hvilket navn gjorde I dette?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 21:23
When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”
Read in contextMark 11:28
“By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”
Read in contextActs 5:40
At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
Read in contextExodus 2:14
But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
Read in contextJohn 2:18
On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
Read in contextActs 5:27–28
They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.
Read in context1 Kings 21:12–14
They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
Read in contextActs 4:10
then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
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