Acts 4:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

After making Peter and John stand in their midst, they began to inquire,“By what power or by what name did you do this?”

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  • Matt 21:23 : 23 The Authority of Jesus Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said,“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”
  • Mark 11:28 : 28 and said,“By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”
  • Exod 2:14 : 14 The man replied,“Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Are you planning to kill me like you killed that Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, thinking,“Surely what I did has become known.”
  • Acts 4:10 : 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy.
  • Acts 5:27-28 : 27 When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them, 28 saying,“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!”
  • Acts 5:40 : 40 and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.
  • 1 Kgs 21:12-14 : 12 They observed a time of fasting and put Naboth in front of the people. 13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying,“Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death. 14 Then they reported to Jezebel,“Naboth has been stoned to death.”
  • John 2:18 : 18 So then the Jewish leaders responded,“What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?”
  • John 8:3 : 3 The experts in the law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of them
  • John 8:9 : 9 Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

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  • Acts 4:8-10
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    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied,“Rulers of the people and elders,

    9if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man– by what means this man was healed–

    10let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy.

  • Acts 5:27-29
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    27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

    28saying,“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!”

    29But Peter and the apostles replied,“We must obey God rather than people.

  • Acts 4:13-19
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    13When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.

    14And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this.

    15But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, they began to confer with one another,

    16saying,“What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.

    17But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.”

    18And they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

    19But Peter and John replied,“Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

  • Acts 3:10-12
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    10and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him.

    11Peter Addresses the Crowd While the man was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon’s Portico.

    12When Peter saw this, he declared to the people,“Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety?

  • Acts 4:5-6
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    5On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.

    6Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest’s family.

  • Acts 4:29-31
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    29And now, Lord, pay attention to their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage,

    30while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

    31When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously.

  • Acts 2:14
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    14Peter’s Address on the Day of Pentecost But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them:“You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.

  • Acts 4:1
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    1The Arrest and Trial of Peter and John While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

  • Acts 6:12
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    12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

  • Acts 3:16
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    16And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ name, his very name has made this man– whom you see and know– strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all.

  • Acts 2:37
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    37The Response to Peter’s Address Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“What should we do, brothers?”

  • Acts 4:21-22
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    21After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.

    22For the man, on whom this miraculous sign of healing had been performed, was over forty years old.

  • Luke 20:2
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    2and said to him,“Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things? Or who is it who gave you this authority?”

  • Acts 5:21
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    21When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin– that is, the whole high council of the Israelites– and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.

  • Mark 11:28
    73%

    28and said,“By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”

  • Acts 5:12
    73%

    12The Apostles Perform Miraculous Signs and Wonders Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico.

  • Matt 21:23
    73%

    23The Authority of Jesus Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said,“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

  • Acts 4:24
    72%

    24When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said,“Master of all, you who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,

  • Acts 10:46
    72%

    46for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,

  • Acts 5:40
    72%

    40and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

  • Acts 9:14
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    14and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!”

  • Acts 8:17
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    17Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 14:3
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    3So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.

  • Acts 2:12
    71%

    12All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another,“What does this mean?”

  • Acts 4:27
    71%

    27“For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

  • Acts 6:6
    71%

    6They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.

  • Acts 1:15
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    15In those days Peter stood up among the believers(a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

  • Acts 11:4
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    4But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying,

  • Acts 2:7
    71%

    7Completely baffled, they said,“Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

  • Acts 5:33
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    33Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.

  • Acts 24:20
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    20Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,

  • Acts 7:1
    71%

    1Stephen’s Defense Before the Council Then the high priest said,“Are these things true?”

  • Luke 22:55
    71%

    55When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.

  • Acts 17:19
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    19So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?