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Acts 4:7 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" When they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?” "
Acts 4:7
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5 In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.
6 Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.
7 When they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “You rulers of the people and elders of Israel,
9 if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,
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Acts 4:1
"As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,"
Acts 4:2
"being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead."
Acts 4:3
"They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was now evening."
Acts 4:4
"But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand."
Acts 4:5
"In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem."
Acts 4:6
"Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest."
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