Acts Chapter 4 verse 7 Holy Bible
And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?
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Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?
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and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have *ye* done this?
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And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
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When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"
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and having set them in the midst, they were inquiring, `In what power, or in what name did ye do this?'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - Inquired for asked, A.V.; in for by, A.V. In what name; ποίος, what, means exactly, "what kind." The miracle might have been wrought, as it seemed to them, by Beelzebub, or by magic (Luke 15:15, etc.; Acts 13:6; Acts 19:19, etc.), as well as by Divine power and in the Name of God. They asked which it was. In the Greek there is an emphasis upon the "ye," which is placed last, equal to "such as you," unlearned and contemptible men.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) And when they had set them in the midst.--The Sanhedrin sat in a semi-circle, the president being in the middle of the arc, the accused standing in the centre.They asked.--Literally, were asking. They put the question repeatedly, in many varying forms.By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?--Literally, By what kind of power, or what kind of name? apparently in a tone of contempt. They admit the fact that the lame man had been made to walk, as too patent to be denied. (Comp. Acts 4:16.) The question implied a suspicion that it was the effect of magic, or, as in the case of our Lord's casting out devils, by the power of Beelzebub (Luke 11:15; John 8:48). There is a touch of scorn in the way in which they speak of the thing itself. They will not as yet call it a "sign," or "wonder," but "have ye done this?"
