Verse 7
Acts 4:7
New Living Translation
7
They brought in the two disciples and demanded, “By what power, or in whose name, have you done this?”
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ στήσαντες αὐτοὺς ἐν ⸀τῷ μέσῳ ἐπυνθάνοντο· Ἐν ποίᾳ δυνάμει ἢ ἐν ποίῳ ὀνόματι ἐποιήσατε τοῦτο ὑμεῖς;
English Translation
And having set them in the middle, they were asking: By what power or in what name have you done this?
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 4 Context
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While Peter and John were speaking to the people, they were confronted by the priests, the captain o...
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These leaders were very disturbed that Peter and John were teaching the people that through Yashua (...
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They arrested them and, since it was already evening, put them in jail until morning.
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But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so the number of men who believed now to...
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The next day the council of all the rulers and elders and teachers of religious law met in Jerusalem...
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Annas the high priest was there, along with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and other relatives of the hi...
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They brought in the two disciples and demanded, “By what power, or in whose name, have you done this...
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of our people,
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are we being questioned today because we’ve done a good deed for a crippled man? Do you want to know...
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Let me clearly state to all of you and to all the people of Israel that he was healed by the powerfu...
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For Yashua (Jesus) is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘The stone that you buil...
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There is salvation in no one else! God (Elohim) has given no other name under heaven by which we mus...
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The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could...
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But since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there among them, there was noth...
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So they ordered Peter and John out of the council chamber and conferred among themselves.
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“What should we do with these men?” they asked each other. “We can’t deny that they have performed a...
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But to keep them from spreading their propaganda any further, we must warn them not to speak to anyo...
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So they called the apostles back in and commanded them never again to speak or teach in the name of...
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But Peter and John replied, “Do you think God (Elohim) wants us to obey you rather than him?
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We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard.”
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The council then threatened them further, but they finally let them go because they didn’t know how...
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for this miraculous sign — the healing of a man who had been lame for more than forty years.
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As soon as they were freed, Peter and John returned to the other believers and told them what the le...
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When they heard the report, all the believers lifted their voices together in prayer to God (Elohim)...
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you spoke long ago by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant, saying, ‘Why were th...
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The kings of the earth prepared for battle;<br>the rulers gathered together<br>against the LORD<br>a...
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“In fact, this has happened here in this very city! For Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate the governor,...
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But everything they did was determined beforehand according to your will.
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And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your wo...
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Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name...
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After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they...
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All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their ow...
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The apostles testified powerfully to the resurrection of the Lord Yashua (Jesus), and God (Elohim)’s...
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There were no needy people among them, because those who owned land or houses would sell them
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and bring the money to the apostles to give to those in need.
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For instance, there was Joseph, the one the apostles nicknamed Barnabas (which means “Son of Encoura...
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He sold a field he owned and brought the money to the apostles.
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