Acts 4:7
What meaning of the acts 4:7 in the Bible?
What does Acts 4:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and 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?"
What does Acts 4:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and 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?"
Verse Acts 4:7. _BY WHAT POWER, OR BY WHAT NAME, HAVE YE DONE THIS?_] It seems that this council were convinced that the lame man was miraculously healed; but it is very likely that they believed the...
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. It is very prob...
CHAPTER 4 __ 1. Their Arrest (Acts 4:1). 2. The Result of the Testimony (Acts 4:4). 3. Peter and John before the Rulers and Elders (Acts 4:5). 4. Peter's bold witness (Acts 4:8). 5. The astonish...
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 ot...
ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...
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 ye....
_And when they had set them in the midst_ The council or Sanhedrin was assembled as the _Beth-din_, in the house of judgment. _they asked, By what power, or by what name_, &c. For _power_, the origin...
Acts 4:1-12. FIRST ARREST OF THE APOSTLES. THEIR HEARING AND DEFENCE...
_THE APOSTLES IN COURT ACTS 4:5-12:_ The apostles were examined by the rulers, the chief priests, the Scribes, and elders of the people. They were examined with the question, "By what power, or by wha...
ΣΤΉΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_'ΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) помещать, класть, ставить, ΈΠΥΝΘΆΝΟΝΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΥΝΘΆΝΟΜΑΙ (G4441) допрашивать. Inch. _impf._ подчеркивает начало длительного...
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 placed,...
BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN. Acts 4:5-22. Acts 4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem; Acts 4:6 and Annas the high priest was...
7. When the court was assembled, the prisoners were introduced, and the cripple, who had been healed had the boldness to appear by their side. (7) "_And placing them in the midst, they asked, By what...
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 Maimonide...
5 This was the supreme spiritual judiciary in Israel. It comprised the heads of the twenty-four courses of priests, the scribes, and elders, said to have been in all seventy-one. The names of the chie...
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 4:2)...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 4 THE *JEWISH LEADERS ARREST PETER AND JOHN, 4:1-4 V1 Peter and John were speaking to the people. As they spoke, the priests, the captain of the...
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 asking....
ἐν τῷ μέσῳ : according to the Mishnah the members of the court sat in a semicircle, see Hamburger, _u. s._, to be able to see each other. But it is unnecessary to press the expression, it may be quite...
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 resurr...
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 ph...
Their Day In Court Luke's description makes it clear that Peter and John were brought before the Jewish Sanhedrin the next day. Ash says, "It was the high court of seventy members, plus the high prie...
(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 doctrine...
By what authority? Is it by your own authority, or that of some other, you have healed this lame man? They wished the know if it was a true miracle, or the effects of some secret magic or enchantment....
SANHEDRIN 5-7. The judgment hall of the Sanhedrin stands on Mt. Zion, about a thousand rods from the city wall, on the brow of that mountain. I was in it three years ago, my guide certifying to its id...
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 prie...
First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
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 authority...
In a word, they are invited to return by repentance, and enjoy all the promises made to Israel. The Messiah Himself should return from heaven to establish their blessing. The whole nation is here addr...
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 of...
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?...
_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. _And An...
THEY ASKED; by whose authority and power Peter and John had cured the lame man....
The Sanhedrin is convened:...
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 ev...
AND WHEN THEY HAD SET THEM IN THE MIDST, THEY ASKED, " BY WHAT POWER OR BY WHAT NAME HAVE YOU DONE THIS? " 1. How did he do this miracle? By what power? By what name have you done this? 2. "In the n...
And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this? 'SET THEM IN THE MIDST'-The Sanhedrin sat customarily in. semi-circle. 'BY WHAT POWER, OR I...
5-14 Peter being filled with the Holy Ghost, would have all to understand, that the miracle had been wrought by the name, or power, of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, whom they had crucified; and this...
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 heard...
7. When the court was assembled, the prisoners were introduced, and the cripple, who had been healed had the boldness to appear by their side. (7) "_ And placing them in the midst, they asked, By what...
Acts 4:7 And G2532 set G2476 (G5660) them G846 in G1722 midst G3319 asked G4441 (G5711) By G1722 what G4169 power G1411 or G2228 by G1722 what G4169 name G3686 have G4160 you G5210 done G4160 (G5656)...
THE HEARING BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (4:1-22)....
Acts 4:7. IN THE MIDST. Tradition relates how the Sanhedrim sat in a circle or semicircle. BY WHAT POWER. The Sanhedrists ask first, By what physical power or influence was this miracle wrought? BY...
IN THE MIDST (εν τω μεσω). The Sanhedrin sat in a semicircle.THEY INQUIRED (επυνθανοντο). Imperfect middle, began to inquire.OR IN WHAT NAME (η εν ποιω ονοματ). As if by some magical formula su...
Acts 4:1 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; (3)...
CONTENTS: The first persecution. Peter's address to the Sanhedrin. Preaching in Jesus' name forbidden. Christians again filled with the Spirit. State of the Church at Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: God, Jesu...
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 on...
WHAT POWER DO YOU HAVE? They knew the miracles and wonders were real! But they think it comes through some rite of magic....
_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 plura...
_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 CHIEF PRI...
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 castle of Antonia is...
Now as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection...
1 Kings 21:12; 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;...
What power - what name. Lit., what sort of power; what kind of name. Have ye done. The ye closes the sentence in the Greek with a contemptuous emphasis : you people....
FIGHTING AGAINST GOD Acts 4:1 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 elders and s...
By what name — By what authority, have ye done this? — They seem to speak ambiguously on purpose....