Acts 4:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Acts 4:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the midst - In the presence of the Great Council. By what power ... - A similar question was put to Christ in the temple, Matthew 21:23 . By what name - That is, by whose authority. I...
Acts 4:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what (e) name, have ye done this? (2) Against those who brag of a succession of persons, without a succession of doctrin...
Acts 4:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A full meeting of the Sanhedrin takes place in the morning. Annas and Caiaphas are known to us; the former was high priest, A.D. 6- 15; Caiaphas, his son-in-law, A.D. 18- 34. John and Alexander are o...
Acts 4:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

in. Greek. en. App-104. asked . were enquiring. Greek. punthanomai, as in Matthew 2:4 . By . In, as above. what . what kind of. power. Greek. dunamis. App-172. have ye done . did...
Acts 4:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. In what power They do yet seem to have some zeal of God. For they feign that they are careful that the honor due unto God may not be given to any other. Name is taken in this place for...
Acts 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? - It seems that this council were convinced...
Acts 4:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And when they had set them in the midst,— It was the custom for the Sanhedrim to sit almost in a circle, or oval, and to set the prisoners in the midst of them: St. Peter and St. John being so plac...
Acts 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? And when they had set them in the midst - the council sitting in a semi-circle (as Maim...
Acts 4:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Arrest of Peter and John 1-22. Arrest of Peter and John. Peter's speech before the Sanhedrin. The proceedings of the Apostles displeased the authorities, (1) because they taught the people ( Acts...
Acts 4:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And when they had set them in the midst. — The Sanhedrin sat in a semi-circle, the president being in the middle of the arc, the accused standing in the centre. They asked. — Literally, were as...
Acts 4:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Name above Every Name Acts 4:1-12 The Sadducees are particularly mentioned, because they were the agnostics of the age, and had no belief in the unseen and eternal. The fact of our Lord's r...
Acts 4:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Opposition to apostolic preaching and work seems to have originated mostly from the influence of the Sadducees. The preaching of the apostles contradicted all the cardinal elements in the Sadducean p...
Acts 4:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, (6) And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high pri...
Acts 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when they had set them in the midst ,.... Of the assembly, as the Ethiopic version adds; in the middle of the sanhedrim, which sat in a semicircular form; or as the Jews express it, as the half...
Acts 4:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? Ver. 7. By what power ] God's, or the devil's? in God's name, or by the black art?
Acts 4:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers , &c., were gathered together There was a general assembly held of those who constituted the sanhedrim, and a court formed at Jerusalem. A...
Acts 4:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The religious leaders were greatly agitated by the public speaking of the apostles, and the Sadducees particularly, for one of their cardinal doctrines was the denial of any resurrection. They were e...
Acts 4:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter and John Examined before the Sanhedrim. 5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, 6...
Acts 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

When they had set them in the midst; the sanhedrim, or great council, did sit in a circular form; and the apostles being to answer for themselves, were placed so as they might better hear and be he...
Acts 4:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Hearing Before The Sanhedrin (4:1-22).
Acts 4:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 4:5 . Their rulers .—Not of the new converts or of the apostles, but of the people; hence the Sanhedrists. Elders ,—Heads of families, Scribes ,—Teachers of the law, and...
Acts 4:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 4:1-22 Look at this passage: (1) from the side of the Jewish leaders; (2) from the side of the Apostles. I. On the side of the Jewish leaders there was (1) illiberality; (2) shortsightedness...
Acts 4:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 4:1 . The captain of the temple was the captain of the watch, and saw that the levites performed their duty day and night. He beat them and set fire to their garments, if he found them asleep...
Acts 4:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them. The captain of the temple was an officer of a sort which Luke mentions in the p...
Acts 4:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 4:1 The captain of the temple. Only here and Acts 5:24 , and Luke 22:4 , Luke 22:52 in the plural some have thought that the commander of the Roman garrison of the ca...
Acts 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sanhedrin is convened:
Acts 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 21:12-14 ; Acts 5:27 ; Acts 4:10 ; Acts 5:28 ; Acts 5:40 ; Exodus 2:14 ; John 2:18 ; John 8:3 ; John 8:9 ; Mark 11:28 ; Matthew 21:23
Acts 4:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Fighting Against God Acts 4:1-12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The fourth chapter of Acts continues the account of the third chapter, bringing to a climax the healing of the lame man. The rulers and elde...
Acts 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

By what name — By what authority, have ye done this? — They seem to speak ambiguously on purpose.

Acts 4:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 4:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 4:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 4:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 4:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 4:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 4:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 4:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 4:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 4:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 4:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 4:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 4:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 4:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 4:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 4:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 4:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 4:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 4:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 4:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 4:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 4:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes