When he entered the temple courts, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are yoʋ doing these things? And who gave yoʋ this authority?”
Acts 4:7 - The Text-Critical English New Testament After making Peter and John stand before them, they began to question them: “By what power or by what name did you do this?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they set the men in their midst and repeatedly demanded, By what sort of power or by what kind of authority did [such people as] you do this [healing]? American Standard Version (1901) And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this? Common English Bible They had Peter and John brought before them and asked, “By what power or in what name did you do this?” Catholic Public Domain Version And stationing them in the middle, they questioned them: "By what power, or in whose name, have you done this?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And setting them in the midst, they asked: By what power, or by what name, have you done this? |
When he entered the temple courts, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are yoʋ doing these things? And who gave yoʋ this authority?”
and said to him, “By what authority are yoʋ doing these things? And who gave yoʋ this authority to do them?”
In response the Jews said to him, “What sign can yoʋ show us to prove yoʋr authority to do these things?”
Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought him a woman who had been caught in adultery. Making her stand before them all,
When they heard this, they were convicted by their own consciences and began to go away one by one, starting with the older men. So Jesus was left alone, with the woman there before him.
let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that this man is standing before you in good health by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead.
along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all who were members of the high-priestly family.
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,
They were persuaded by him, and after calling in the apostles, they beat them, commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.