They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”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?”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, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?
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… the Sanhedrin. That's sort of like the Supreme Court of the day. They had the final ruling. We read in Acts chapter 4 verse 7, they brought on the two disciples and demanded, by what power? And in whose name have you done this? Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said, leaders and elders of our nation, are we being questioned because we did a good deed for a crippled man? Do you want to know how he was healed? Let me clearly state to you and all the people of Israel, he was healed in the name and power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, the man you crucified, but whom God raised from the dead. For this is the one referenced to in the scriptures where it says the stone the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone and their salvation and no one else, for there's no other name in all of heaven for people to call on to save them. Then the members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John. …
… They had the final ruling. We read in Acts chapter four, verse seven, they brought on the two disciples and demanded, by what power and in whose name have you done this? Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said, leaders and elders of our nation, Are we being questioned because we did a good deed for a crippled man? Do you want to know how he was healed? Let me clearly state to you, and all the people of Israel, he was healed in the name and power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, the man you crucified, but whom God raised from the dead. For this is the one referenced to in the Scriptures where it says, the stone the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone, and there is salvation in no one else. for there's no other name in all of heaven for people to call on to save them. Then the members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John. …
… Listen to what verse 7 says. They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them. By what power or what name did you do this? So they begin to speak to them. Verse 10, Know this, you and all the people of Israel, it is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. Then two verses later, he says, Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved. You've seen a pattern here? Look down at verse 17. To stop this from spreading any further among the people, we must warn these men, they say, to stop speaking, to speak no longer to anyone in this name. Then in verse 18, they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. Even the people who were against them realized we can't stop them, but if we can just get them to stop saying the name, that will affect everything. …