Acts 4:7

4:7 After ¹  making Peter and John ²  stand in their midst, they began to inquire, “By what power or by what name ³  did you do this?”

Acts 4:11-12

4:11 This Jesus ⁴  is the stone that was rejected by you, ⁵  the builders, that has become the cornerstone. ⁶  4:12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people ⁷  by which we must ⁸  be saved.”

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¹ tn Grk “And after.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new sentence is begun in the translation at the beginning of v. 7.

² tn Grk “making them”; the referents (Peter and John) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ sn By what name. The issue of the “name” comes up again here. This question, meaning “by whose authority,” surfaces an old dispute (see Luke 20:1-8). Who speaks for God about the ancient faith?

⁴ tn Grk “This one”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn The word “you” is inserted into the quotation because Peter is making a direct application of Ps 118:22 to his hearers. Because it is not in the OT, it has been left as normal type (rather than bold italic). The remarks are like Acts 2:22-24 and 3:12-15.

⁶ sn A quotation from Ps 118:22 which combines the theme of rejection with the theme of God’s vindication/exaltation.

⁷ tn Here ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") has been translated as a generic noun (“people”).

⁸ sn Must be saved. The term used here (δεῖ, dei, “it is necessary”) reflects the necessity set up by God’s directive plan.