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Acts 4:8 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,”

Acts 4:8

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And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

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

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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

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If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;

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Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, {even} by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

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