Acts 4:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

And whe they had set them before them, they asked, By what power, or in what Name haue ye done this?

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  • Matt 21:23 : 23 And whe he was come into the Temple, the chiefe Priestes, and the Elders of the people came vnto him, as he was teaching, and saide, By what authoritie doest thou these things? And who gaue thee this authoritie?
  • Mark 11:28 : 28 And said vnto him, By what authoritie doest thou these things? and who gaue thee this authoritie, that thou shouldest doe these things?
  • Exod 2:14 : 14 And hee answered, Who made thee a man of authoritie, and a iudge ouer vs? Thinkest thou to kill mee, as thou killedst the Egyptian? Then Moses feared and sayde, Certainly this thing is knowen.
  • Acts 4:10 : 10 Be it knowen vnto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the Name of Iesvs Christ of Nazareth, whom ye haue crucified, whome God raised againe from the dead, euen by 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 Councill, & the chiefe Priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straightly commaund you, that ye should not teach in this Name? & behold, ye haue filled Hierusale with your doctrine, and ye would bring this mans blood vpon vs.
  • Acts 5:40 : 40 And to him they agreed, and called the Apostles: and when they had beaten them, they commaunded that they should not speake in the Name of Iesus, and let them goe.
  • 1 Kgs 21:12-14 : 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people, 13 And there came two wicked men, & sate before him: & the wicked men witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the King. Then they caried him away out of the citie, and stoned him with stones, that he dyed. 14 Then they sent to Iezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned and is dead.
  • John 2:18 : 18 Then answered the Iewes, and saide vnto him, What signe shewest thou vnto vs, that thou doest these things?
  • John 8:3 : 3 Then the Scribes, & the Pharises brought vnto him a woman, taken in adulterie, and set her in the middes,
  • John 8:9 : 9 And when they heard it, being accused by their owne conscience, they went out one by one, beginning at ye eldest euen to the last: so Iesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the mids.

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  • Acts 4:8-10
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    8 Then Peter ful of the holy Ghost, said vnto them, Ye rulers of the people, and Elders of Israel,

    9 For as much as we this day are examined of the good deede done to the impotent man, to wit, by what meanes he is made whole,

    10 Be it knowen vnto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the Name of Iesvs Christ of Nazareth, whom ye haue crucified, whome God raised againe from the dead, euen by him doth this man stand here before you, whole.

  • Acts 5:27-29
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    27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the Councill, & the chiefe Priest asked them,

    28 Saying, Did not we straightly commaund you, that ye should not teach in this Name? & behold, ye haue filled Hierusale with your doctrine, and ye would bring this mans blood vpon vs.

    29 Then Peter and the Apostles answered, & sayd, We ought rather to obey God then men.

  • Acts 4:13-19
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    13 Now when they sawe the boldnes of Peter and Iohn, and vnderstoode that they were vnlearned men and without knowledge, they marueiled, & knew them, that they had bin with Iesus:

    14 And beholding also the man which was healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against it.

    15 Then they commaunded them to goe aside out of the Council, and conferred among themselues,

    16 Saying, What shall we doe to these men? For surely a manifest signe is done by them, and it is openly knowen to all them that dwell in Hierusalem: and we cannot denie it.

    17 But that it be noysed no farther among the people, let vs threaten and charge them, that they speake hencefoorth to no man in this Name.

    18 So they called them, and commaunded them, that in no wise they should speake or teach in the Name of Iesus.

    19 But Peter and Iohn answered vnto them, and said, Whether it be right in the sight of God, to obey you rather then God, iudge ye.

  • Acts 3:10-12
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    10 And they knewe him, that it was he which sate for the almes at the Beautifull gate of the Temple: and they were amased, and sore astonied at that, which was come vnto him.

    11 And as the creeple which was healed, held Peter & Iohn, all the people ranne amased vnto them in the porch which is called Solomos.

    12 So when Peter saw it, he answered vnto the people, Ye me of Israel, why marueile ye at this? or why looke ye so stedfastly on vs, as though by our owne power or godlines, we had made this ma go?

  • Acts 4:5-6
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    5 And it came to passe on the morow, that their rulers, and Elders, and Scribes, were gathered together at Hierusalem,

    6 And Annas the chiefe Priest, and Caiaphas, and Iohn, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the hie Priestes.

  • Acts 4:29-31
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    29 And nowe, O Lorde, beholde their threatnings, and graunt vnto thy seruants with all boldnesse to speake thy word,

    30 So that thou stretch forth thine hand, that healing, and signes, and wonders may be done by the Name of thine holy Sonne Iesus.

    31 And when as they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together, and they were all filled with the holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God boldely.

  • 14 But Peter standing with ye Eleuen, lift vp his voice, & said vnto them, Ye men of Iudea, and ye all that inhabite Hierusalem, be this knowen vnto you, and hearken vnto my woordes.

  • 1 And as they spake vnto the people, the Priestes and the Captaine of the Temple, and the Sadduces came vpon them,

  • 12 Thus they mooued the people & the Elders, and the Scribes: and running vpon him, caught him, and brought him to the Councill,

  • 16 And his Name hath made this man sound, whom ye see, & know, through faith in his Name: and the faith which is by him, hath giuen to him this perfite health of his whole body in the presence of you all.

  • 37 Now when they heard it, they were pricked in their heartes, and said vnto Peter and the other Apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we doe?

  • Acts 4:21-22
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    21 So they threatened them, and let them goe, and found nothing how to punish them, because of the people: for all men praised God for that which was done.

    22 For the man was aboue fourtie yeeres olde, on whome this miracle of healing was shewed.

  • 2 And spake vnto him, saying, Tell vs by what authoritie thou doest these things, or who is hee that hath giuen thee this authoritie?

  • 21 So when they heard it, they entred into the Temple early in the morning, & taught; the chiefe Priest came, and they that were with him, and called the Councill together, and all the Elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison, to cause them to be brought.

  • 28 And said vnto him, By what authoritie doest thou these things? and who gaue thee this authoritie, that thou shouldest doe these things?

  • 12 Thus by the hands of the Apostles were many signes and wonders shewed among the people (and they were all with one accorde in Solomons porche.

  • 23 And whe he was come into the Temple, the chiefe Priestes, and the Elders of the people came vnto him, as he was teaching, and saide, By what authoritie doest thou these things? And who gaue thee this authoritie?

  • 24 And when they heard it, they lift vp their voyces to God with one accord, and said, O Lord, thou art the God which hast made the heaue, and the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them,

  • 46 For they heard them speake with tongues, and magnifie God. Then answered Peter,

  • 40 And to him they agreed, and called the Apostles: and when they had beaten them, they commaunded that they should not speake in the Name of Iesus, and let them goe.

  • 14 Moreouer here hee hath authoritie of the hie Priestes, to binde all that call on thy Name.

  • 17 Then layd they their handes on them, and they receiued the holy Ghost.

  • 3 So therefore they abode there a long time, and spake boldly in the Lorde, which gaue testimonie vnto the woord of his grace, and caused signes and woders to be done by their hands.

  • 12 They were all then amased, and douted, saying one to another, What may this be?

  • 27 For doutlesse, against thine holy Sonne Iesus, whome thou haddest anoynted, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel gathered themselues together,

  • 6 Which they set before the Apostles: and they prayed, and layed their hands on them.

  • 15 And in those dayes Peter stoode vp in the middes of the disciples, and sayde (nowe the nomber of names that were in one place were about an hundreth and twentie.)

  • 4 Then Peter beganne, and expounded the thing in order to them, saying,

  • 7 And they wondered al, and marueiled, saying among themselues, Beholde, are not all these which speake, of Galile?

  • 33 Now when they heard it, they brast for anger, and consulted to slay them.

  • 20 Or let these themselues say, if they haue found any vniust thing in mee, while I stoode in the Council,

  • 1 Then sayd the chiefe Priest, Are these things so?

  • 55 And when they had kindled a fire in the middes of the hall, and were set downe together, Peter also sate downe among them.

  • 19 And they tooke him, and brought him into Mars streete, saying, May we not know, what this newe doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?