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Acts 4:7

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

KJV

καὶ στήσαντες αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ μέσῳ ἐπυνθάνοντο, ἐν ποίᾳ δυνάμει ἢ ἐν ποίῳ ὀνόματι τοῦτο ἐποιήσατε ὑμεῖς;

Greek NT

Et statuentes eos in medio, interrogabant : In qua virtute, aut in quo nomine fecistis hoc vos ?

Vulgate

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

ASV

And setting them in the midst, they asked: By what power or by what name, have you done this?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δύναμις
dunamis
noun · 119×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μέσος
mesos
adjective · 61×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ποῖος
poios
interrogative_pronoun · 33×
πυνθάνομαι
punthanomai
verb · 11×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
e
particle · 346×
ἵστημι
istemi
verb · 152×
o
article · 19778×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: τῷ | WH/Treg/NIV: τῷ
  • τῷSBLGNT
  • τῷWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 5:4 — In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Acts 3:6 — Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
  • Acts 3:16 — And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
  • Acts 5:27 — And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
  • Acts 5:40 — And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
  • John 2:18 — Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
  • Mark 11:28 — And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?
  • Matt 21:23 — And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this autho
  • Matt 21:23 — And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this autho