Acts 4:7
Context| NETBible | 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?” |
| XREF | Ex 2:14; 1Ki 21:12-14; Mt 21:23; Mr 11:28; Joh 2:18; Joh 8:3,9; Ac 4:10; Ac 5:27; Ac 5:28,40 |
| NET © Notes |
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? |
