Acts 4:7

After ¹  making Peter and John ²  stand in their midst, they began to inquire, “By what power or by what name ³  did you do this?”

biblegateway Act 4:7

They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: "By what power or what name did you do this?"

biblegateway Act 4:7

When they had placed them in the center, they began to inquire, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"

biblegateway Act 4:7

They brought in the two disciples and demanded, "By what power, or in whose name, have you done this?"

biblegateway Act 4:7

They stood Peter and John in the middle of the room and grilled them: "Who put you in charge here? What business do you have doing this?"

SABDAweb Act 4:7

Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?

bibleoremus Act 4:7

When they had made the prisoners stand in their midst, they inquired, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"

biblegateway Act 4:7

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, "By what power or by what name have you done this?"

biblegateway Act 4:7

After ¹  making Peter and John ²  stand in their midst, they began to inquire, “By what power or by what name ³  did you do this?”

¹ tn Grk “And after.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new sentence is begun in the translation at the beginning of v. 7.

² tn Grk “making them”; the referents (Peter and John) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ sn By what name. The issue of the “name” comes up again here. This question, meaning “by whose authority,” surfaces an old dispute (see Luke 20:1-8). Who speaks for God about the ancient faith?