Acts 4:7
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And setting them in the midst, they asked: By what power or by what name, have you done this?

when.

Acts 5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,

1 Kings 21:12-14 They proclaimed a fast, and made Naboth sit among the chief of the people. . . .

John 8:3,9 And the scribes and Pharisees bring unto him a woman taken in adultery: and they set her in the midst, . . .

By what power.

Exodus 2:14 But he answered: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us? wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian? Moses feared, and said: How is this come to be known?

Matthew 21:23 And when he was come into the temple, there came to him, as he was teaching, the chief priests and ancients of the people, saying: By what authority dost thou these things? And who hath given thee this authority?

Mark 11:28 And they say to him: By what authority dost thou these things? And who hath given thee this authority that thou shouldst do these things?

John 2:18 The Jews, therefore, answered, and said to him: What sign dost thou shew unto us, seeing thou dost these things?

by what name.

Acts 4:10 Be it known to you all and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God hath raised from the dead, even by him, this man standeth here before you, whole.

Acts 5:28,40 Saying: Commanding, we commanded you that you should not teach in this name. And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine: and you have a mind to bring the blood of this man upon us. . . .

Context
Peter and John Before the Council
6And Annas the high priest and Caiphas and John and Alexander: and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest. 7And setting them in the midst, they asked: By what power or by what name, have you done this? 8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them: Ye princes of the people and ancients, hear.…
Cross References
John 8:3
And the scribes and Pharisees bring unto him a woman taken in adultery: and they set her in the midst,

Acts 4:6
And Annas the high priest and Caiphas and John and Alexander: and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest.

Acts 4:8
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them: Ye princes of the people and ancients, hear.

Lexicon
They had
στήσαντες (stēsantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2476: A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications.

[Peter and John]
αὐτοὺς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

{brought} in
μέσῳ (mesō)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3319: Middle, in the middle, between, in the midst of. From meta; middle (neuter) noun).

[and] began to question them:
ἐπυνθάνοντο (epynthanonto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4441: To ask, inquire, ascertain by inquiry, understand.

“By
Ἐν (En)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

what
ποίᾳ (poia)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4169: Of what sort. From the base of pou and hoios; individualizing interrogative what sort of, or which one.

power
δυνάμει (dynamei)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1411: From dunamai; force; specially, miraculous power.

or
(ē)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.

what
ποίῳ (poiō)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4169: Of what sort. From the base of pou and hoios; individualizing interrogative what sort of, or which one.

name
ὀνόματι (onomati)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3686: Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'.

{did} you
ὑμεῖς (hymeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

do
ἐποιήσατε (epoiēsate)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

this?”
τοῦτο (touto)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.


Additional Translations
They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

And having placed them in the midst, they began to inquire, "In what power or in what name have you done this?"

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

And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?

and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have ye done this?

And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?

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

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

When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"

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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