Acts 4:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ στήσαντες αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ μέσῳ, ἐπυνθάνοντο, Ἐν ποίᾳ δυνάμει, ἢ ἐν ποίῳ ὀνόματι, ἐποιήσατε τοῦτο ὑμεῖς;

Transliteration

And stēsantes them in the mesō, epynthanonto, In what dynamei, or in what onomati, epoiēsate this you?

Grammar Details

*stēsantes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having placed/set
*mesō*: dative, neuter, singular - middle/midst
*epynthanonto*: imperfect middle indicative, 3rd plural - were inquiring/questioning
*dynamei*: dative, feminine, singular - power/might
*onomati*: dative, neuter, singular - name
*epoiēsate*: aorist active indicative, 2nd plural - you did/have done

Word Meanings

*stēsantes*: having placed/set/stood
*mesō*: middle/midst/center
*epynthanonto*: were inquiring/asking/questioning
*dynamei*: power/authority/might/strength
*onomati*: name/authority/reputation

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Referenced Verses

Matt 21:23 : 23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
Mark 11:28 : 28 and they said unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? or who gave thee this authority to do these things?
Exod 2:14 : 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.
Acts 4:10 : 10 be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] in him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Acts 5:27-28 : 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, 28 saying, {G3756} We strictly charged you {G1321} not to teach in this name: and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
Acts 5:40 : 40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles unto them, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
1 Kgs 21:12-14 : 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
John 2:18 : 18 The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
John 8:3 : 3 And the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst,
John 8:9 : 9 And they, when they heard it, {G1651} {G5259} {G4893} went out one by one, beginning from the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the midst.

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